ON LUMPERS AND SPLITTERS: A PARADOX
They say taxonomists are either lumpers (making connections) or splitters (making distinctions). But to identify as a lumper, you’re being a splitter; and to identify as a splitter, you’re being a lumper.
They say taxonomists are either lumpers (making connections) or splitters (making distinctions). But to identify as a lumper, you’re being a splitter; and to identify as a splitter, you’re being a lumper.