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To: BenLurkin

Folks,

Classification is a very artificial process. But it can be useful to understand the world.

Classification of nematodes involved the cutting the rear end off and pressing flat on a slide and looking at the patterns.

I often thought sitting humans on a copy machine and classifying by patterns would be a good idea.

Much better classification than skin color or head measurements.


11 posted on 02/17/2023 8:31:04 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: PeterPrinciple

“Classification is a very artificial process. But it can be useful to understand the world.

Classification of nematodes involved the cutting the rear end off and pressing flat on a slide and looking at the patterns.”

So are you a “Lumper” or a “Splitter”?


30 posted on 02/17/2023 9:24:48 AM PST by Brooklyn Attitude (I went to bed on November 3rd 2020 and woke up in 1984.)
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