Is it worthwhile actually trying to identify the plants in the VM?

[Diane]

David,
That methodology has been used ever since ... well, I think since Edith Sherwood began making her identifications.

The real problem is getting people to think for themselves in the very initial stages, to make them test each one of the supposed 'givens' which form the foundation for their own theory.

It depresses me to see people who are capable of carefully reasoned and logical arguments build those arguments from a dubious foundation, one that is baseless - or at least based on nothing more than "he says... she says..."

I think that's why so many promising arguments soon turn to rubbish, no matter how carefully and logically developed.

But hey, everyone on the mailing list is having fun aren't they?