Every Species on Earth

nickynicky9doors writes: "National Geographic News relates that scientists to date have identified less than 2 million distinct species with from 10 million to more than 100 million still undiscovered. Likening this dearth of information to doing chemistry knowing only one third of the periodic table, biologist Terry Gosliner is involved in the All Species Foundation. The foundation is attempting to discover, identify and classify every living species and place the catalogue online over the next 25 years. It is hoped new technology and new recruits to the field of taxonomy will make the timetable viable."

Comments

Humans and counting

[SirSlud]

Why must we count everything?! We're like Midas, only everything we touch seems to disappear.

I think the stats are:

???? -> 1900 - 75 species extinct
1900 -> 1970 - 75 more species exitinct
1970 -> now - 75,000 species extinct

Do we really wanna find them all? :P

Re:Humans and counting

[linzeal]

I agree let's just exterminate them instead of finding them. We are doing a good job already.

Re:Ligers

[Knunov]

We are different species, and the only reason we aren't classified as such is politics.

There are lizards that are virtually identical, interior and exterior, yet they are classified as different species.

You seriously look as Black, White and Asian people and see the same thing?

Bullshit. Unmitigated bullshit.

You have the eyes of a sociologist, not a scientist.

I'm not saying this should matter, but we should acknowledge the fact that people are different. It should immediately be followed with the acknowledgement that all that matters is behavior.

I'd rather hang out with a bunch of kind, intelligent, White folks than a gang of my 8-Ball drinkin', crack smokin', home invading Black 'bruthas'.

Knunov