Message 2005-12-0065: Re: PhyloCode: Re: PhyloCode Taxonomic Classifications

Mon, 28 Nov 2005 23:07:28 +0000

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Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 23:07:28 +0000
From: [unknown]
To: phylocode@ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.edu
Subject: Re: PhyloCode: Re: PhyloCode Taxonomic Classifications

> > it will not be for Evolution either.
>=20
> What do you mean?
If PhyloCode wins it will take over the vocabulary of Evolution.=20
> (I can only guess, but maybe you think the unit of evolution is the=
=20
> species. It isn't. The population is.)
So with Evolution species is just a construct of language and not som=
ething that really exists in nature? If PhyloCode doesn't contain spe=
cies it seems that that is what you are saying.=20
Yisrael Asper
yisraelasper@comcast.net
Pittsburgh PA


> > I think then that since no agreement amongst the PhyloCoders is i=
n a
> > likely prediction, the concept of species should be dumped for
> > combinations with PhyloCode
>=20
> Not necessarily. As I said and as the PhyloCode homepage says (in t=
he=20
> third paragraph), a code for species names which (code) will be com=
patible=20
> with the PhyloCode is in preparation. Just be patient.
>=20
> > and if as it appears to be that Phylocode will win
> > it will not be for Evolution either.
>=20
> What do you mean?
>=20
> (I can only guess, but maybe you think the unit of evolution is the=
=20
> species. It isn't. The population is.)
>=20
> > bird watchers. Maybe PhyloCoders will insist I say Dinosaur watch=
ers.
>=20
> Oh, please. Birds are dinosaurs, but they stay birds. Bats are mamm=
als,=20
> but they stay bats. You are a chordate, but you stay human. You can=
 have=20
> clades within clades within clades within clades, ad infinitum vel=
=20
> nauseam.
>=20
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