[Taxacom] article on taxonomy

Curtis Clark jcclark-lists at earthlink.net
Fri Feb 26 22:53:31 CST 2010


On 2010-02-26 20:19, Bob Mesibov wrote:
> I don't think so. You've repeatedly argued that bioinformatics tools
> will make taxonomists' work more efficient, so that they'll have more
> time to discover and they'll discover more when doing so. I dispute
> that.

How do you describe new biodiversity when you have no way of knowing 
what is new?

(I'm old-school, in that I made great use of the Gray Card Index--when 
it was paper cards--and Index Kewensis, but every hour spent in the 
library is an hour not spent in the field.)

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