So… “Ship of Theseus” follow-up question

[Ichthus77 (Ichthus77 (formerly She™))]

Taking up from where I left off:

So… “Ship of Theseus” follow-up question

The problem with the taxonomy and sets and subsets, categories and subcategories: It does not allow for being both contained in and contained by—unless you’re somewhere in the middle of the taxonomy. But one can only be an individual at the very bottom of the taxonomy (kingdom phylum class order family genus species)… even more specific than species. Kingdom contains everything below and is contained by nothing. Individual contains nothing below, only what is above—but then branches out into …

A relevant question:

Gene Map Question

Are the genes a map that preceded the landscape, or a map that prescribes the landscape (so that if you don’t follow it, there are errors)? #science #evidencebased