It's fascinating how fascinated we are with categories, typologies and their exceptions. It's like Sapiens crack, especially nerd sapiens.
Here is is our linnaean classification of species. Look how these species are breaking the species barrier!
Nature, meanwhile, isn't very fussy about the concept of species. It's not even strict about the concept of an organism.. even cells or any of the classifications we use to understand bundles of biology.
A planet is a thing that orbits our sun. Hey, exoplanets! A planet is a thing that orbits a star. Hey, rogue planets. Hey, rogue solar system! Meanwhile, the universe isn't all that fussy about solar systems or galaxies.
Here is is our linnaean classification of species. Look how these species are breaking the species barrier!
Nature, meanwhile, isn't very fussy about the concept of species. It's not even strict about the concept of an organism.. even cells or any of the classifications we use to understand bundles of biology.
A planet is a thing that orbits our sun. Hey, exoplanets! A planet is a thing that orbits a star. Hey, rogue planets. Hey, rogue solar system! Meanwhile, the universe isn't all that fussy about solar systems or galaxies.