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Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof: :Nonbinary: -> EMF 2026"):
afewbugs@social.coop ("Jules she/her") wrote:
RE: https://mastodon.world/@ombialik/116906966255667244
The thing a lot of people don't seem to realise about scientific definitions in biology is that they're names we humans have slapped on the vaste chaotic diverse richness of the natural world out there for our convenience, they don't correspond precisely to objective reality. They're just like common definitions except have had a few more drunken conference arguments go into their choice. Green seaweeds aren't vascular plants, red ones probably aren't plants at all depending on who you ask and where they draw the lines, but the shape of the category "plants" is being constantly redefined to fit our growing knowledge and for most people at the beach or considering making sushi of them it doesn't really matter.
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