The Paleontology of Chris Wildrick Is Overrated: Preternatural Paleontological Palmistry, performed at Lawrence University, Appleton, WI, 2005 (data analyzed 2005, publicity image designed 2005), and at Unit B, San Antonio, TX, 2006 (data analyzed 2006), and several other times in Ithaca and Syracuse, NY, 2008-present (new analysis 2009).
Chris decided that if he was going to study dinosaur aesthetics, he ought to know more about which dinosaurs are foremost in our minds, to see who the average Joe's favorite dinosaur is. He decided to use his already accumulated knowledge to see if he could guess someone's favorite species just by intuition alone.
The participants filled out a survey outlining the extent and the origin of their interests in dinosaurs in general, then let Chris read their palms for further insights into their personalities. Using this information, and the sensitivity to dinosaurania he has honed over the past several years, Chris then attempted to intuit their favorite dinosaurs.
(The original questionnaire can be found here. Try it out on your friends and see how good YOUR dinosaur intuition is!)
This series includes more than 80 separate charts of the data, along with their respective qualitative analyses. A representative sample from the first performance are included below, as well as the current, up-to-date master analysis.
Comparison of the Master Charts from the first two performances
People Whose Main Expsure to Dinosaurs Is Movies
People Who Were Most Excited About Dinosaurs at the Age of 5-10
People with a Dinosaur Excitement Level of 4.0-4.9
People Whose Favorite Color Is Green
People Whose Favorite Dinosaurs Chris Correctly Intuited
People Whose Favorite Dinosaurs Chris Nearly Intuited