Alan Fox
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Joined: Aug. 2005
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Keiths writes:
| Quote | | When someone points out a mistake, it isn't a declaration of victory. |
No indeed.
But when you say things like | Quote | | To me, the problem is that Alan is refusing -- and has been refusing for a couple of weeks -- to admit an obvious mistake, and I don't want to lie to him merely for the sake of smoothing things over. |
That reads to me like a declaration of victory; as if the alleged mistake I am supposed to have made over the germ-line/soma distinction in eusocial insects is a settled issue and it only remains for me to withdraw this "mistake". I wonder if there is anyone reading this forum that could spare a few minutes to express an opinion as to whether they can spot the "mistake"? Here's the link to the exchange at TSZ.
Any input gratefully received. If it is apparent that I am mistaken about ant biology, I shall do the decent thing and leave India. No prizes for spotting the reference :)
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