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On the other hand, "trees" are polyphyletic, among other aspects of their broad diversity. So even if you can generalize across a species, generalizing across
by andrewflnr 3y ago
On the other hand, "trees" are polyphyletic, among other aspects of their broad diversity. So even if you can generalize across a species, generalizing across all trees from a handful of examples is likely to lead you astray.
- saalweachter 3y agoOn the gripping hand, trees are polyphyletic because the constraints of physics and biology push in a certain direction regardless of starting point; you can imagine there is some underlying mathematical rule to this abstract "tree" even if it isn't realized in all examples.
- andrewflnr 3y agoYou can imagine, sure, but we were talking about proof.