[Taxacom] Binomial Nomenclature - was: "cataloguing hypotheses & not real things"

[Dan Lahr]

Got it now, thanks for clarifying Fred!


On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 3:29 PM, Fred Schueler <bckcdb at istar.ca> wrote:

> On 9/1/2013 9:23 AM, Dan Lahr wrote:
>
> > Fred says such a change "runs counter to the spirit of the codes" - I
> > think I missed the point. A large number of taxonomists agree that they
> > have to use the Codes right? I don't understand how agreeing on
> > something else is "counter"...
>
> * I didn't mean the change to uninominal nomenclature runs counter to
> the spirit of the codes, but that widespread agreement among taxonomists
> runs counter to the spirit of the codes, which are set up to handle the
> phenomenon of widespread disagreement.
>
> fred.
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