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| Credit: James Lindsey/Ecology of Commanster |
Curiosity is supposedly a virtue, and all that, but I can´t help thinking that scientists get some kind of power trip out of this kind of research. During a number of recent field trips to Morocco, lepidopterists discovered 12 new species of Coleophora, a genus of micro-moths.
While I suppose that´s fascinating somehow, I wonder if this gives scientists (and the rest of us) the illusion of control over the natural world, the universe and/or Existence itself? We can find any small critter, catalogue it and fit it into a vast Systeme. We can also colonize the Moon and terraform Mars. And become like gods?
Perhaps the really interesting observation here is that 12 species of living creatures could evade discovery by Science (or is it Man) for tens of thousands of years...
Who knows what else is out there, LOL.
New and little known Coleophora from Morocco
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