[Taxacom] Rejoinder to a monster review

[Richard Jensen]

John,

Can you please cite references for your claim that the "process of science
is...to suppress".  While I know that there are numerous instances of
movements to suppress information, I wasn't aware that such suppression was
part of the process, at least not as I understand the process of science.

Dick J

On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 4:22 PM, John Grehan <calabar.john at gmail.com> wrote:

> I get the impression that quite a few natural science journals shy away
> from allowing debate or responses. Syst Biol certainly went that way over
> the attack they published against panbiogeography so I suppose its not
> surprising to see in other journals. After all, the process of science is
> not only to discover, but also to suppress. Not good or bad, but just the
> way it works.
>
> John Grehan
>
> On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 11:34 AM, Richard Zander <Richard.Zander at mobot.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Taxacomers:
> >
> > A monster review of my book was published by the journal Cladistics, but
> > they refused to publish my rebuttal. Another journal with a kindly editor
> > did so, however.
> >
> > My rejoinder to this nasty review was entirely collegial, gentle, caring
> > and supportive of all forms of systematics, and I hope solvent of
> > misunderstandings. I only mentioned Hitler once.
> >
> > Those of you who continue to enjoy the continuing and increasingly
> surreal
> > drama of the paraphyly wars might view my review of the review:
> >
> >
> http://phytoneuron.net/2014Phytoneuron/110PhytoN-ParaphylophilyResponse.pdf
> >
> > Richard
> >
> >
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> >
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Richard Jensen, Professor
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