Dinosaurs are also not extinct[1]. I think the confusion just comes from people assuming they know what words mean when they don't.
For example, a bat is a mammel, if all other mammels died except for like 1,000's of species of bats, would you say that mammels went extinct? The title is correct, but you have been misled by the Dunning-Kruger effect.
For example, a bat is a mammel, if all other mammels died except for like 1,000's of species of bats, would you say that mammels went extinct? The title is correct, but you have been misled by the Dunning-Kruger effect.
1. Here is a beginners book on the subject: https://www.amazon.com/Dinosaurs-Are-Not-Extinct-Facts/dp/00...