So we should "classify" animals the same way as bronze age nomadic sheep herders? I guess "common sense" isn't a worthwhile virtue.Don't try to frighten us with your sorcerer's ways, Lord Rosenritter. Your sad devotion to that ancient religion has not helped you conjure up the stolen data tapes, or given you clairvoyance enough to find the rebels' hidden fortress.
Classification systems work within the scope for which they are intended. In that system, birds fly in the air, fish swim in the sea, beasts creep on the land. Not terribly difficult. It's not wrong, it's just different than what your mind was first exposed to.
It's like how I saw someone here criticizing "geocentric" without understanding that the point that is chosen for "zero" for mathematical purposes is merely a manner of convenience. When you say "Officer, I was going 55 miles per hour" I am using a geocentric model. When he replies back and says "You were traveling at FIVE miles per hour!" he is also using a geocentric model (and implying that you were really drunk.) The geocentric model also works for astronomy too, but why the criticism I observed on this thread? I'd postulate arrogant ignorance.
Hunter, you may be an troll, but I assume you have intelligence. Don't waste thread space on attacks like "bats are not birds." I expect that from morons, not intelligent trolls.
P.S. You will learn the power of the Force.