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Old September 6th, 2007, 03:11 PM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly
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Default The trouble with splitting hairs

On Sep 6, 8:55 am, wrote:
is that it can be hard to know which side of the hair you're on:

http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.u....php?news=1366

IMO, it's things like this that give good reason for average joes to
cast a skeptical eye on what scientists tell them...frankly a lot of
this niche species and subspecies identification just feeds the
publication and tenure process, rather than actually having a basis in
reality.

Jon.


Discussions of reality aside, I note that a couple of the article
authors are from NMSU.

It is pretty dense reading for this non-specialist, but I'm going to
give it a go.

Bill