Paraphyly=mistakes? (There's the rub)

[Herbert R. Jacobson]

Tom DiBenedetto Wrote:
 
“The issue we are addressing though is the scientific classification - the
system to be taught to, and used by scientists in their work. I think it is
essential that the scientific classification be rigorously aligned with our
best inference as to the true historical branching pattern.”
 
What cladist ever said that cladistic analysis produced the “best inference 
as to the true historical branching pattern.” Perhaps they said it was the 
most logically consistently inference, but never the most consistently 
logical inference of the “true” historical branching pattern.
 
Certainly the multiplicity of cladograms produced for a particular group 
would question the use of “best” and “true.”  

Herb