A Critique for Ecology Quotes

“The weakness of the central constructs of contemporary ecology results because ecology compounds its single failings. Operational impossibilities spawn tautological discussions that replace predictive theories with historical explanations, testable hypotheses with the infinite research of mechanistic analysis, and clear goals for prediction with vague models of reality. The resulting melange obscures appropriate research and attainable goals with sloppy, ineffective activity. As a result, the central constructs in ecology yield predictions with difficulty and these are often so qualitative, imprecise and specific that they are of little interest and less utility. The complexity of contemporary ecology makes criticism difficult, because the critic scarcely knows where to begin. This predicament protects ecological constructs from all but sustained critical scrutiny.”
― Robert Henry Peters, A Critique for Ecology