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Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 11:18:17 -0400 (EDT)
From: [unknown]
To: phylocode@ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.edu
Subject: "Qilongia"'s continuing Disneyization of scientific discours=
--Boundary_(ID_5zleNPfBIyqLRQR86gCmgg) Content-type: text/plain; charset=3D"US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit As I propose in the introduction to my in-progress book, Mutanda= =20 Dinosaurologica, it is imperative that the language of scientific dis= course be one of=20 clarity, especially when one is elucidating phylogenetic systematics.= In turn,=20 this necessitates one have a familiarity with the language of science= , i.e.,=20 English. There is no way, indeed, one can obviate the negative effect= s of the=20 pseudo-intellectual nonsense propogated by "Qilongia". If he had a re= levant,=20 serious ideation, it would die of loneliness, as, for quite sometime = at the DML,=20 he has demonstrated a shocking lack of knowledge, even rudimentary, o= f the=20 comparative anatomies and ecomorphologies of archosaurs, including li= ving=20 theropods. In my book, they can be noted, and dismissed as irrelevant= . Mr Wagner's=20 proposal deserves consideration and mature analysis, not the spitball= s of=20 perfunctory rhetoric from "Qilongia", as the PhyloCode remains the mo= st important=20 redefinition of taxonomy since Linnaeus and Hennig. STEPHAN PICKERING / Chofetz Chayim ben-Avraham The Dinosaur Fractals Project 2333 Portola Drive # 4 Santa Cruz, California 95062-4250 USA stephanpickering@cs.com website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/paleo_bio_dinosaur_ontology theropod research summarized: <www.dinodata.net> see under PICKERING = at their=20 Reference Base --Boundary_(ID_5zleNPfBIyqLRQR86gCmgg) Content-type: text/html; charset=3D"US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><FONT FACE=3D3Darial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=3D3D3 PTSIZE=3D3D12 = FAMILY=3D3D"SER=3D IF" FACE=3D3D"Times New Roman" LANG=3D3D"0">As I propose in the intro= duction to=3D20=3D my in-progress book, <I> Mutanda Dinosaurologica, </I>it is impe= rative=3D20=3D that the language of scientific discourse be one of clarity, especial= ly when=3D one is elucidating phylogenetic systematics. In turn, this necessita= tes one=3D have a familiarity with the language of science, i.e., English. Ther= e is no=3D way, indeed, one can obviate the negative effects of the pseudo-inte= llectua=3D l nonsense propogated by "Qilongia". If he had a relevant, serious id= eation,=3D it would die of loneliness, as, for quite sometime at the DML, he ha= s demon=3D strated a shocking lack of knowledge, even rudimentary, of the compar= ative a=3D natomies and ecomorphologies of archosaurs, including living theropod= s. In m=3D y book, they can be noted, and dismissed as irrelevant. Mr Wagner's p= roposal=3D deserves consideration and mature analysis, not the spitballs of per= functor=3D y rhetoric from "Qilongia", as the PhyloCode remains the most importa= nt rede=3D finition of taxonomy since Linnaeus and Hennig.</FONT><FONT COLOR= =3D3D"#00000=3D 0" SIZE=3D3D2 PTSIZE=3D3D10 FAMILY=3D3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D3D"Arial" L= ANG=3D3D"0"> <BR> <BR> <BR></FONT><FONT COLOR=3D3D"#000000" SIZE=3D3D1 PTSIZE=3D3D8 FAMILY= =3D3D"SERIF" FAC=3D E=3D3D"Georgia" LANG=3D3D"0"><B>STEPHAN PICKERING / Chofetz Chayim be= n-Avraham <BR>The Dinosaur Fractals Project <BR>2333 Portola Drive # 4 <BR>Santa Cruz, California 95062-4250 USA <BR>stephanpickering@cs.com <BR>website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/paleo_bio_dinosaur_ontolog= y <BR>theropod research summarized: <www.dinodata.net> see under = PICKERI=3D NG at their Reference Base</B></FONT></HTML> --Boundary_(ID_5zleNPfBIyqLRQR86gCmgg)--