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Nate Hagens on July 6, 2008 - 1:39pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

The two graphics you mention were clearly labeled as thought experiments/hypothetical. At least they made you think.

As to the rest of the ideas presented here, they were heavily researched and referenced. This is a (more colorful) draft of a paper being submitted to Journal of Behavior Ecology, a field which is just now connecting these dots.

Thanks for the feedback.

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Will Stewart on July 7, 2008 - 4:28pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Another word commonly used in this situation is 'notional', meaning the data or graph is not intended to communicate empirical findings insomuch as it is a concept or visual framework. I understood what you meant.

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