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There’s no such thing as a tree (phylogenetically) — LessWrong

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Trees are not a biologically consistent category. They're just something that keeps happening in lots of different groups of plants. This is a fun fa…

x There’s no such thing as a tree (phylogenetically) — LessWrong Best of LessWrong 2021 Biology Evolution Philosophy of Language World Modeling Curated 350 There’s no such thing as a tree (phylogenetically) by eukaryote 3rd May 2021 Linkpost for eukaryotewritesblog.com 9 min read 60 350 [Crossposted from Eukaryote Writes Blog.] So you’ve heard about how fish aren’t a monophyletic group? You’ve heard about carcinization , the process by which ocean arthropods convergently evolve into crabs? You say you get it now? Sit down. Sit down. Shut up. Listen. You don’t know nothing yet. “Trees” are not

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