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" If invertebrates are declining we have every reason to assume that biodiversity in general is in decline. "

that is philosophy/argument, not scientific measure

you say they don't have the funding to study every species. ok. that's not my problem. they should only claim things they have the funding to research properly.

the already existing data is fine as data about individual species. but there way of combining it by regions to represent the whole world can't be said to be based on scientific measurement.

worse, they say things like they don't combine figures from different studies to get enough data points for a species, because it would not be valid. *but* if the two studies *intended* to be compatible, then they do combine them. intent is not science.

-- Elliot Temple
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by Elliot Temple on Wed, 11/01/2006 - 07:50

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