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bragh 50 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Crime Pays but Botany Doesn't

It's an interesting topic, though. If Latin is backwards because of assocation with European cultures, what are biologists nowadays proposing to replace it with? Some kind of universal coding system like ISBN or DOI?

melagonster 50 days ago | [–]

They just use any name can be spelled by Latin characters.

asdfman123 50 days ago | [–]

Oh, and use your oppressive, colonial numbering system? /s

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