(March 17, 2015 at 2:44 pm)Huggy74 Wrote: The word "species" has been around since the 14th century, whether or not science regards that as the definition is irrelevant. Scientists don't get carte blanche to redefine a word.
They didn't "redefine" it; they added a scientific denotation to the existing definition, and yes, they are perfectly capable of doing that. I know it must give you diaper rash to find yet another fact that you cannot brush aside ... dumbfuck.