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Most HN readers I'd wager. Regardless, "Trees are not a distinct evolutionary group" or "Trees are not all related to each other" or any number of other accura
by causi 5y ago
Most HN readers I'd wager. Regardless, "Trees are not a distinct evolutionary group" or "Trees are not all related to each other" or any number of other accurate or semi-accurate headlines are better than "There's no such thing as a tree".
- camtarn 5y agoI would happily wager against you. I made a similar comment further up the page: I think some people massively overestimate the amount of general knowledge people have about biology. Like the article says, a lot of people are still at the 'did you know a tomato is a fruit??!' stage.