tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3049195237412585561.post4193136201356693853..comments2023-11-07T12:07:59.585-08:00Comments on Pterosaurs to Birds: Euparaves (5)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3049195237412585561.post-55539440303924340192016-01-02T08:05:37.197-08:002016-01-02T08:05:37.197-08:00On another topic:
I have been thinking again about...On another topic:<br />I have been thinking again about cladistics and how it fails. <br />Cladistics is based on tabulating characteristics of fossils that have been found, running computations and producing a cladogram. <br />Because it focuses on hypothetical "common ancestors" it ends up with a story that does not take responsibility. <br />It just imagines that some kind of magic occurs between the hypothetical entities. It does not evaluate the result. <br />When you do accept the responsibility for specifying an ancestor or specifying what that ancestor was like, then you can deal with the really important issues.<br />Dr. Pterosaurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13137867768653523183noreply@blogger.com