Comments on: Problems with the Bilby Thesis https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/41567 Announcing appearances, publications, and analysis of questions historical, philosophical, and political by author, philosopher, and historian Richard Carrier. Fri, 01 May 2026 19:16:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Charlie Brady https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/41567#comment-43997 Fri, 01 May 2026 19:16:38 +0000 https://www.richardcarrier.info/?p=41567#comment-43997 My Bilby Thesis is that the bilby is cute, but also endangered. Its habitat should be protected.

]]> By: Charlie Brady https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/41567#comment-43996 Fri, 01 May 2026 19:13:47 +0000 https://www.richardcarrier.info/?p=41567#comment-43996 In reply to ncmncm.

As I understand it, this is a self-published monograph, and we have no evidence that it was peer reviews. Am I correct?

]]> By: ncmncm https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/41567#comment-43992 Fri, 01 May 2026 17:54:36 +0000 https://www.richardcarrier.info/?p=41567#comment-43992 Taxonomists are constantly aware of the above reasoning, so you never find one citing any long-extinct species as ancestral to another: they will not so much as hint that Archaeopteryx is ancestral to modern birds, but only explore how much each diverged from an unknown common ancestor. That’s not from virtue, but simply that they know their asses would be delivered to them on a platter with garnishes if they made such an error.

This identifies the real failing: that Bilby and whatever colleagues he takes inspiration from could publish such reasoning in this field without destroying their respective careers proves the poor state of scholarship in the field. It’s cargo-cult scholarship.

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