Dichotomy

Jim Croft jrc at ANBG.GOV.AU
Wed Mar 22 00:21:16 CST 1995


Renaud Fortuner wrote:

> Identification is always a probabilistic process.
> Unless you are a pompous egotistic fool, you can never be 100% sure that you
> have correctly identified a species.

Gee...  That sounds like an awfully accurate description of a great many
taxonomists, systematists and nomenclaturists.  You know - the sort that
are always right, even if they are not...  :-)

-- jim




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