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I love how the author accuses the IAU of an agenda, but then clearly has his own--which doesn't seem to be nearly as grounded in taxonomic consistency.
by terravion 10y ago
I love how the author accuses the IAU of an agenda, but then clearly has his own--which doesn't seem to be nearly as grounded in taxonomic consistency.
- _jal 10y agoI think part of the author's goal is pointing out that taxonomic consistency is useless if you're using stupid criteria, and then arguing that the criteria are stupid. The second point is arguable, the first is not.
- masklinn 10y ago> I think part of the author's goal is pointing out that taxonomic consistency is useless if you're using stupid criteria Of course that falls down when the author is either misunderstanding or misrepresenting the criteria.