[Taxacom] when is a common species critically endangered?

[Jim Croft]

There are only two words in the topic question that are not open to
interpretation and dependent on context: 'is' and 'a'. Of course the
discussion is going to end in sophistry and metaphysics. It really
shouldn't have been asked of Taxacom.  Or, if it really had to be, it
should have been framed more precisely, or dare I say, more
scientifically, so that the meanings of 'when', 'common', 'species',
'critically', and 'endangered' are understood and agreed by all.

Nah... that ain't gonna happen...

jim

On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 8:13 AM, Stephen Thorpe
<stephen_thorpe at yahoo.co.nz> wrote:
> It doesn't necessarily lead to "twisted logic". If you were to take a "God's eye view" of the Earth, then you might have a hard time retaining such concepts as ethics/morality, etc. One animal gets killed by another ... big deal! One human gets killed by another ... BIG DEAL! The fact that we are humans cannot be ignored ...
>
> Stephen
>
> From: Zack Murrell <murrellze at appstate.edu>
> To: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
> Sent: Thursday, 28 June 2012 9:46 AM
> Subject: Re: [Taxacom] when is a common species critically endangered?
>
> Mark,
>
> I don't think this is a naive question.  Our speciocentricism leads us to
> categorize things as crops, invasives, weeds, natives and non-natives. Species have been moving across the planet since life began, yet we view
> Homo sapiens migrations, along with those co-migrating species, as something
> different.  I suspect this leads to all sorts of twisted logic in how we
> view conservation, migrations and distributions of species.
>
> Zack
>
> Zack Murrell
> Associate Professor and Curator of the Herbarium
> Director, SouthEast Regional Network of Expertise and Collections (SERNEC)
> Department of Biology
> Appalachian State University
> Boone, NC 28608
>
> On 6/26/2012 10:29 PM, Mark Wilden wrote:
>> This is no doubt an incredibly naive question, but how long will it
>> take before humans and their artifacts are considered part of
>> "nature"?
>>
>> ///ark
>>
>> Mark Wilden
>> Web Applications Developer
>> California Academy of Sciences
>>
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