28 JAN 2012 by ideonexus Nature Progresses Gradually
Making it hard to distinguish between species.
Folksonomies: species,taxonomy

24 JAN 2012 by ideonexus A Strange Way to Categorize Stones and Metals
Jorge Luis Borges compares the method to an ancient Chinese method of categorizing animals.
Folksonomies: taxonomy,categorization

02 JAN 2012 by ideonexus Taxonomy as Colonial Imperialism
British scientists renaming species that were already named by the native inhabitants of the colonies as a form of oppression.
Folksonomies: culture,taxonomy,colonialism,imperialism

20 SEP 2011 by ideonexus Taxonomies are Not Arbitrary, but Factual
Example of the natives of an island having nearly the same number of classifications of birds as the taxonomists who studies the species.
Folksonomies: species,taxonomy

16 SEP 2011 by ideonexus "Natural" Classification of Species as Evidence for Evolution
Taxonomists working independently naturally "nest" species in the same groups.
Folksonomies: evolution,species,taxonomy

30 AUG 2011 by ideonexus A Great Summary of Taxonmy
Classes, orders, families, genera, and species are defined for their defining classification method.
Folksonomies: history,taxonomy,natural history

08 JUL 2011 by ideonexus The Baby Naming Explosion
When babies start to learn to talk, they embark on a naming-spree where it is easy for a parent to imprint names onto things that the child will remember.
Folksonomies: babies,learning,language,taxonomy

08 JUL 2011 by ideonexus When Babies Learn Categorization
By three years of age, children develop a fairly sophisticated sense of categorization. Perhaps a playing close attention to taxonomy will benefit the child at this stage in their development.
Folksonomies: education,babies,development,taxonomy

19 MAY 2011 by ideonexus Species Divisions are Complicated
The ancestors are birds are reptiles, but in the fossil record where do we draw the line between them?
Folksonomies: evolution,species,taxonomy