Very well said, Maurice, thanks. I am so familiar with the scientific research process, how information is handled from raw data to scientific opinion, the formation and control of journals, juried peer reviews, and the process by which those juries and overseers are chosen and how the body of reviews are performed, so your nod to their existence is well received. It is that very process that is, on the one hand, a sought after route for claims to understanding and controlling the world of science, and on the other, the school from which its practitioners and the knowledge they approve have yet to tackle some of the challenges inherent in self-rewarding systems. But, we digress!
I am most interested in hearing your alternate take on color genetics, as I mentioned before, and wonder if it is possible for you to run a complementary thread with your line of reasoning to demonstrate your own similar-inquiry-but-different-conclusion concepts (without, then, needing to stray into the arena of contested eminence ... but just as an adjunct for your own writings, which would be so very welcome by many eager readers of your posts, in a forum thread that can stand on its own bearing your titles and papers!). How awesome would that be?! :D
The fact that even long trusted sources can be fraught with uncertainties certainly does not reduce their value. Education, learning, disseminating knowledge, and reviewing the steps that lead from one to another are most dearly cherished. In that same way I believe Darwin is an example of how theory develops without direct attendant proof, Mendeleev a fellow pioneer of the 1800's who predicted elements before they were found , as well as the dance between Watson, Crick, Franklin, Wilkins and Perutz around the double helix of DNA as its shape was being imagined, imaged, and haltingly evolved, and Einstein's own 1915 theory of relativity which did not have empirical foundations .... well... we could go on and on, but we are here to read through, learn, and gather what is helpful to each of us from the book in the thread title. With that pith helmet securely re-fastened, and with hopes of seeing new forum threads that will unveil other gems of knowledge and research, I sally forth into ... Chapter 2: Form and Species!
It will make for interesting reading this weekend.
