It all seems a bit counter-intuitive to me
Cheers
Paul
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Subject: [canberrabirds] Not drowning, counting
You might have heard on Radio National this morning Dr Peter Doherty talking about his new book, and giving a big plug to bird-counting by amateurs as an important contribution to the science of ornithology. In passing he mentioned the aphorism: “All science is counting”. This makes me slightly uneasy because it is a short step to “All counting is science”, a doubtful proposition, but entertained by some. You need to count the right things, surely. So many counters out there, so many things.
