Piorokrat wrote:
>
> This appears to have started with David Horn challenging Dr Gastrich to a
> discussion of Rift Valley Cichlids, then Constance calling on my authority
> as an ichthyologist
You are not an ichthyologist. Your opinion on ichthyology is no more
authoritative than your opinion about theology.
If we can confine the discussion to the Cichlids of lake
> Tanganyika, then I'll be happy to expand on what I've kept, what I've bred
> and what I've read.
What does any of that have to do with evolution.
>
> The question which interests me here more immediately is, can a fishkeeper
> be an ichthyologist or not? If we look at some of the greatest
> ichthyologists, most of them keep fishes in aquariums, although not all as
> their hobby.
What does any of that have to do with evolution.
>
> In short, when fishkeepers and museum ichthyologists meet, there is a lot to
> talk about, but also no shortage of friction also.
>
What does any of that have to do with evolution.
> In the end what is useful, what can be applied out of ichthyology is what it
> can give to other fields. The museum ichthyologists tend to be given grants
> to study things like cod's brains, because that could help our chances of
> controlling food stocks. They are not being paid to provide info for the
> aquarium hobby, and yet our hobby is a multi million pound industry too, but
> has to pretty much look after itself.
>
What does any of that have to do with evolution.
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