Barry Donovan said:

> Adrian Wenner says that my suggestion...
> is "an interesting rationale, but not very
> scientific".

Don't worry, your rationale is no worse (but no
better) than Adrian's rationale(s).  In my view,
it deserves equal time, and fair consideration.

I should mention that the set of places to
NOT forage would be very large for any one
bee colony, so I am forced to wonder how such
an "exclusionary" mechanism would work, given
that any one potential recruit can only witness
a limited number of dances.  If I were to describe
all the places where you could NOT find food, even
in the small town nearest me, you would get very
bored long before you were able to get a grasp of
where you might go looking for food.

In regard to both sets of claims, extraordinary
claims require extraordinary evidence.  That which
can be asserted without evidence clear can be
dismissed without evidence.

> I doubt if science philosophers would see this

Isn't the term "science philosopher" an oxymoron?
I certainly think so.


                jim

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