Rationalism meets iNaturalist: ficus all
Rationalism meets iNaturalist: ficus all
recently on youtube i uncovered a “new” ficus species in the himalayas… ficus timlada. this isn’t a straightforward new species case like someone posting pics of a butterfly that experts had never seen before. in the ficus case, basically the taxonomic system failed because it’s fundamentally fla...
This is worth delurking for.
A ficus-lover on the forums for iNaturalist (where people crowdsource identifications of nature pics) is clearly brain-poisoned by LW or their ilk, and perforce doesn't understand why the bug-loving iNat crew don't agree that
inaturalist should be a market, so that our preferences, as revealed through our donations, directly influence the supply of observations and ids.
Personally, I have spent enough time on iNat that I can identify a Rat when I see one.
I can't capture the glory of this in a few pull quotations; you'll have to go there to see the batshit.
(h/t hawkpartys @ tumblr)
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an expert by the name of D [name withheld for privacy]
One paragraph later...
and send it to hodel
One google later...
Donald Hodel, environmental horticulture advisor
facepalm
oof.