[Rudder]

New molecular techniques for sequencing genes provide far greater resolution than was previously available.

Greater resolution equals reductio ad absurdium.

Nice idea, but not useful for day-to-day biological research.

[PatrickHenry]

Nice idea, but not useful for day-to-day biological research.

According to this proposed definition, my distant cousins in Australia may now be a different species from me. Well, it's true that we're so isolated we may never interbreed, but what's the point of defining us as different species?

[LexBaird]

Greater resolution equals reductio ad absurdium. Nice idea, but not useful for day-to-day biological research.

But, what a boon to Endangered Species Enviroactivists! Think of all the land they can sequester with this.