Draft:Reckless naming
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Comment: Is this a joke or hoax? DoubleGrazing (talk) 07:48, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
Reckless naming is a method of thinking used to rapidly generate new ideas.[1] The practice was established by zoology in the early twentieth century as a means to come up with names for newly discovered species, and has since led to confusion within the field.[2]
History[edit]
In zoology, scientists would rapidly iterate through latin words to fit the characteristics of a particular species.[3] As new species were discovered and named, it became increasingly common to give a species a name that had already been taken. Reckless naming was suggested as a means to alleviate this problem.[4]
Method[edit]
The suggested method is to stare at the subject of interest and list any descriptors that come to mind, similar to free association.
References[edit]
- ^ "Zoology of the Twentieth Century".
- ^ Brown, Arthur Erwin (1901). "A Review of the Genera and Species of American Snakes, North of Mexico". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 53 (1): 10–110. JSTOR 4062549.
- ^ "100 and 50 years ago". Nature. 413 (6855): 469. 2001. Bibcode:2001Natur.413..469.. doi:10.1038/35097181.
- ^ "What's in a name?". 15 May 2009.