Subject: RE: lepidopterists have anything to learn from ... birders ?

[Michael Gochfeld]

I can't agree with Alex about that "which is not for profit, is
'scientific'".
Many people collect butterflies for purely aesthetic reasons, just as
many people who watch, attract, and
photograph butterflies (or even census them) do so for aesthetic rather
than scientific reasons. 

I think it was Paul Ehrlich who railed against this arguing that
butterflies are not postage stamps. 

I do agree that one can be scientific about one's collecting without
being affiliated with a scientific institution. 


Mike Gochfeld

 
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