tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post8590770324561414575..comments2023-12-24T07:02:43.274+08:00Comments on Catalogue of Organisms: The Perils of Peer ReviewChristopher Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11075565866351612441noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-65721941714860876642009-08-16T09:53:16.287+08:002009-08-16T09:53:16.287+08:00Aydin, it's true that taxonomy does have the p...Aydin, it's true that taxonomy does have the potential to be self-correcting. The problem is that by the time it's corrected, the name is already published and out there, and even if synonymised or dismissed as unidentifiable, published names never <i>really</i> go away.Christopher Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11075565866351612441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-65215664746014562322009-08-14T08:36:00.640+08:002009-08-14T08:36:00.640+08:00You've probably seen this but if not
http://po...You've probably seen this but if not<br />http://podcasts.nytimes.com//podcasts/2009/08/10/11science.mp3<br />I'll be sharing this blog and it with my middle schoolers later this school year.Carl Hazenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10290966630994088941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-84253322259437285092009-08-13T23:31:44.473+08:002009-08-13T23:31:44.473+08:00I have always thought that it would be very diffic...I have always thought that it would be very difficult to cheat in taxonomy. And that's not in spite of but because of its "material-dependent nature". ICZN requires the deposition of a holotype in a public museum & additional specimens will sooner or later be available to some other taxonomist unless a taxon is extinct.AYDIN Ă–RSTANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09891160904748206385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-85900911893711825702009-08-13T11:05:30.163+08:002009-08-13T11:05:30.163+08:00I disagree entirely. The ideal in nomenclature is ...I disagree entirely. The ideal in nomenclature is that it be as objective as possible, which priority usually is. Judgement based on merit is subjective - two authors will not necessarily agree on merit. You can't entirely eliminate subjectivity, because we humans are subjective beasts, but this is where the ability of the various Commissions to suspend the rules for specific cases comes into play.Christopher Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11075565866351612441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-8533839016004809262009-08-13T01:48:00.989+08:002009-08-13T01:48:00.989+08:00You seem to be saying that the absolute rule of pr...You seem to be saying that the absolute rule of priority is the problem. Certainly most other fields get along entirely without it. Aetogate, again, seems to point to the solution: drop priority from consideration and decide based on the merits whenever there's a problem. Priority, then, only matters when there's no reasonable dispute, which is <i>almost always</i>.<br /><br />A similar approach would resolve most patent problems, another area beset with crazy priority rules.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00831355954619691739noreply@blogger.com