[Taxacom] Fwd: Nature needs names: 60 new dragonflies from Africa

[Peter Rauch]

No one important*** has been listening anyway, so if people "get turned
off", no loss.

What --in this instance/example-- has been "shouted in exaggerated
contexts"  ?

This example was not about "just another 60 dragonflies" --that's the point.

*** Look around you, look back just 60 or so years --who has been listening
to the biota going silent ? That spectacle is our "exaggerated context". Do
we shout, or quietly --as usual-- describe the next 60 newly-recognized
species ?  Shout now, shout often --dare to turn 'em off before they
realize that we weren't shouting loud enough, often enough, EFFECTiVELY
enough.   (Or in other words, don't press cancel; bother to elaborate.)

Peter

On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 3:13 PM, Stephen Thorpe <stephen_thorpe at yahoo.co.nz>
wrote:

> Actually, I pressed 'send' instead of 'cancel', by mistake, after deciding
> that I couldn't be bothered elaborating. Quickly, I meant that it should be
> reserved for exceptional contributions, not just another 60 dragonflies.
> I'm skeptical of the idea that if you keep saying the same thing often
> enough, people will start to listen. I think that they may just as easily
> "turn off" to the message if it keeps being shouted in exaggerated contexts.
>
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>   >> Press release: https://goo.gl/KGMsyC
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>   >> Info and images: https://goo.gl/vRoJSL
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>   >> Full publication:
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>   >> Watch discovery of new species in DR Congo:
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