[Taxacom] Taxonomy in Europe in the 21st century

[Jim Croft]

This happens in morphology too - how many times have we read, "this
thingy that looks like a whatsit is actually a modified gizmo"?

Data and information is still data and information, and has to be
explained and accounted for.  And the explanation and accounting has
to make sense.

Not that I want to be seen as a rapid barcoding apologist mind you...

jim

On Thu, Jan 1, 1970 at 11:18 AM, Doug Yanega <dyanega at ucr.edu> wrote:
...

> If the "data and information" being provided via barcoding
> are misleading, then doesn't that only *interfere* with the task at
> hand? If the underlying premise is flawed, is it not possible that
> your conclusions and projections are also flawed? If the only
> organisms that can be reliably IDed using barcoding are vertebrates,
> then why are people staking so much of the future of taxonomy *as a
> whole* on the endeavor?
>
> Sincerely,
> --
>
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