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Re:We haven’t seen a quarter of known bee species since the ... by hertzrat on Monday February 22, 2021 @09:09PM (#26233105)
> in part this is a reflection of taxonomists inability to sell themselves and adapt to new tools (but note that many have evolved)

What tools did they fail to learn? If we went from a state of identifying species to not identifying them, and the major change is removing the taxonomists, isn't it arguable that they were doing fine if not better than without them?

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Re:We haven’t seen a quarter of known bee species since the ... by xipho on Monday February 22, 2021 @10:04PM (#26233430)
Not sure I understand.

A - we identified species B - we removed our ability to identify species

A & B therefor

C - we're better off

... doesn't seem to follow. Something is missing.

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