Re: Hanson 2006, Mortimer, Baeker response

[David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>]

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From: "No Way" <alincodj2k@yahoo.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 6:47 PM

> This kind of discussion is the main reason most people go into the 
> experimental sciences rather than the descriptive.

You have _completely_ missed the point. This discussion is not about science 
at all whatsoever. It is about nomenclature. It is not about cladistics 
(that is, the science of phylogenetics), it is about phylogenetic 
nomenclature (a set of conventions on how to tie labels to a phylogenetic 
tree).

>  While on the subject of the negative impact of cladism, it was very sad 
> to see what influence enthrallment with cladistics had on the design of 
> the rennovated fossil halls at the High Temple of Cladistics, the AMNH in 
> NYC. I fondly remeber my visits to the Halls of Saurischian & 
> Ornithischian Dinosaurs before the renovations.  What you saw there made 
> sense. The present cladism-driven displays only confuse & distract from 
> the central message that these fossils are all the remains of animals that 
> evolved from a few common ancestors.

Please explain.