False botanists 1 May 2009 … says Linnaeus: False BOTANISTS proclaim the Laws of the Art before they have learned them: Extol absurd Authors, and are jealous of the excellent ones: Steal from others, producing nothing of their own: Boast much of a little knowledge: Pretend they have discovered a natural Method: Assert the Genera to be arbitrary. [System Vegetabilis 1774, §27] I wonder who he is talking about. History Species and systematics
Ecology and Biodiversity Microbial species: some papers 22 Sep 200718 Sep 2017 One of the things I have previously discussed (see the “Best of ET” tab) is microbial species concepts. Two new papers have come out on this, and it seems to be a hot research topic right now. Read More
Australian stuff Why anti science? 23 Nov 2013 Over the past few decades there has been an increasingly negative attitude by governments, pundits, religiosi and faux philosophers against science. We have seen an increase in denialism about climate change (one of the most well supported scientific models of the day), vaccination, evolution, medical research in general, and the… Read More
History Apes don’t read philosophy 8 Aug 2007 I’m home sick, so I’m shirking duties and came across one of my favourite film scenes of all time: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKCZ8-ZAT88] Read More