Klear@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 15 days agoFuck paraphyletic groupsi.imgur.comimagemessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1129arrow-down17
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minus-squareSunoc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·15 days agoAnd I’m a fish. But that’s not very helpful.
minus-squareNegativeInf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·15 days agoNo such things as trees either…
minus-squareGormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·14 days agoThis is the one that breaks my brain
minus-squarekbal@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·14 days agoBelieving people who say that sort of thing about the meaning of perfectly cromulent words like “fish”, “bird”, and “berry” is like going to the butcher shop to learn about horsemanship.
minus-squaremarcos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·14 days agoWell, neither option is helpful. I’m going with “dinosaurs are dinosaurs!”
minus-squarePoem_for_your_sprog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·14 days agoSome dinosaurs were fish. Therefore you’re a dinosaur.
minus-squareNegativeInf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·14 days agoTechnically? All dinosaurs are fish. You are a fish. But you are not a dinosaur.
And I’m a fish. But that’s not very helpful.
Rimmer was right!
No such things as trees either…
This is the one that breaks my brain
Believing people who say that sort of thing about the meaning of perfectly cromulent words like “fish”, “bird”, and “berry” is like going to the butcher shop to learn about horsemanship.
Nuts!
Well, neither option is helpful.
I’m going with “dinosaurs are dinosaurs!”
Now that’s just silly.
Some dinosaurs were fish. Therefore you’re a dinosaur.
Technically? All dinosaurs are fish. You are a fish. But you are not a dinosaur.