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class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-129.67.116.174-2010-09-20T09:33:00.000Z-Untitled"></span>He liked Waffles, what? <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Signatures" title="Wikipedia:Signatures">unsigned</a> comment added by <a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/129.67.116.174" title="Special:Contributions/129.67.116.174">129.67.116.174</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:129.67.116.174" title="User talk:129.67.116.174">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Georges-Louis_Leclerc,_Comte_de_Buffon#c-129.67.116.174-2010-09-20T09:33:00.000Z-Untitled" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">09:33, 20 September 2010 (UTC)</a></span><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-129.67.116.174-2010-09-20T09:33:00.000Z-Untitled"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-129.67.116.174-2010-09-20T09:33:00.000Z-Untitled"></span> </p><p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-64.12.116.197-2005-12-31T02:45:00.000Z-Untitled"></span>What's with the picture of Drouais?<a href="/wiki/User:64.12.116.197" title="User:64.12.116.197">64.12.116.197</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Georges-Louis_Leclerc,_Comte_de_Buffon#c-64.12.116.197-2005-12-31T02:45:00.000Z-Untitled" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">02:45, 31 December 2005 (UTC)</a>Lestrade<span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-64.12.116.197-2005-12-31T02:45:00.000Z-Untitled"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-64.12.116.197-2005-12-31T02:45:00.000Z-Untitled"></span> </p> <dl><dd>Heh, took me a moment to figure out - it's a portrait of Buffon <b>by</b> Drouais. One of our French-speaking editors slipped in the confusing <i>de</i> when changing to the commons pic. 14:22, 31 December 2005 (UTC)</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Wood_Tests" data-mw-thread-id="h-Wood_Tests-2006-03-02T20:26:00.000Z"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Wood_Tests-2006-03-02T20:26:00.000Z"></span>Wood Tests<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Wood_Tests-2006-03-02T20:26:00.000Z"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Talk:Georges-Louis_Leclerc,_Comte_de_Buffon&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Wood Tests"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Lupercus-2006-03-02T20:26:00.000Z-Wood_Tests"></span>I find this paragraph not very illuminating. What was the problem Buffon set out to solve by his laborious tests? Why is this problem so interesting while learning about Buffon?--<a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Lupercus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Lupercus (page does not exist)">Lupercus</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Georges-Louis_Leclerc,_Comte_de_Buffon#c-Lupercus-2006-03-02T20:26:00.000Z-Wood_Tests" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">20:26, 2 March 2006 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Lupercus-2006-03-02T20:26:00.000Z-Wood_Tests"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Lupercus-2006-03-02T20:26:00.000Z-Wood_Tests"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Disambiguation" data-mw-thread-id="h-Disambiguation-2006-07-10T02:45:00.000Z"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Disambiguation-2006-07-10T02:45:00.000Z"></span>Disambiguation<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Disambiguation-2006-07-10T02:45:00.000Z"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Talk:Georges-Louis_Leclerc,_Comte_de_Buffon&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Disambiguation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Jkmccrann-2006-07-10T02:45:00.000Z-Disambiguation"></span>I think there needs to be a disambiguation with the name `Buffon' I've never heard of this French guym but I sure know who the World Cup Winning GoalKeeper is - and I would expect so would most other people who search for Buffon and get directed here. Can someone do this? <a href="/wiki/User:Jkmccrann" title="User:Jkmccrann">jkm</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Georges-Louis_Leclerc,_Comte_de_Buffon#c-Jkmccrann-2006-07-10T02:45:00.000Z-Disambiguation" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">02:45, 10 July 2006 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Jkmccrann-2006-07-10T02:45:00.000Z-Disambiguation"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Jkmccrann-2006-07-10T02:45:00.000Z-Disambiguation"></span> </p><p><br/><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Hornplease-2006-07-16T21:01:00.000Z-Disambiguation"></span> There's a link on top. I think that's enough. The Comte de Buffon's quite a big deal. <a href="/wiki/User:Hornplease" title="User:Hornplease">Hornplease</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Georges-Louis_Leclerc,_Comte_de_Buffon#c-Hornplease-2006-07-16T21:01:00.000Z-Disambiguation" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">21:01, 16 July 2006 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Hornplease-2006-07-16T21:01:00.000Z-Disambiguation"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Hornplease-2006-07-16T21:01:00.000Z-Disambiguation"></span> </p> <dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Hektor-2006-08-06T08:44:00.000Z-Hornplease-2006-07-16T21:01:00.000Z"></span>I think that in ten years everybody will have forgotten about an Italian goalkeeper, we must think long term. <a href="/wiki/User:Hektor" title="User:Hektor">Hektor</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Georges-Louis_Leclerc,_Comte_de_Buffon#c-Hektor-2006-08-06T08:44:00.000Z-Hornplease-2006-07-16T21:01:00.000Z" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">08:44, 6 August 2006 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Hektor-2006-08-06T08:44:00.000Z-Hornplease-2006-07-16T21:01:00.000Z"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Hektor-2006-08-06T08:44:00.000Z-Hornplease-2006-07-16T21:01:00.000Z"></span></dd></dl> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Hektor-2006-10-06T20:48:00.000Z-Disambiguation"></span>Not really, do any search on a search engine with 'Buffon' and theres only references to the goal keeper. I think most people would be looking for the keeper not this old fool. </p> <ul><li>Goal keeper vs. scientist, the choice is easy. <a href="/wiki/User:Hektor" title="User:Hektor">Hektor</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Georges-Louis_Leclerc,_Comte_de_Buffon#c-Hektor-2006-10-06T20:48:00.000Z-Disambiguation" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">20:48, 6 October 2006 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Hektor-2006-10-06T20:48:00.000Z-Disambiguation"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Hektor-2006-10-06T20:48:00.000Z-Disambiguation"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="What_was_his_job?" data-mw-thread-id="h-What_was_his_job?-2006-09-03T04:44:00.000Z"><span id="What_was_his_job.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-What_was_his_job?-2006-09-03T04:44:00.000Z"></span>What was his job?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-What_was_his_job?-2006-09-03T04:44:00.000Z"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Talk:Georges-Louis_Leclerc,_Comte_de_Buffon&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: What was his job?"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-AxelBoldt-2006-09-03T04:44:00.000Z-What_was_his_job?"></span>Was he keeper of the royal garden for the rest of his life? The biography seems to stop there. <a href="/wiki/User:AxelBoldt" title="User:AxelBoldt">AxelBoldt</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Georges-Louis_Leclerc,_Comte_de_Buffon#c-AxelBoldt-2006-09-03T04:44:00.000Z-What_was_his_job?" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">04:44, 3 September 2006 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-AxelBoldt-2006-09-03T04:44:00.000Z-What_was_his_job?"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-AxelBoldt-2006-09-03T04:44:00.000Z-What_was_his_job?"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Buffon_the_buffoon..." data-mw-thread-id="h-Buffon_the_buffoon...-2007-01-27T20:02:00.000Z"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Buffon_the_buffoon...-2007-01-27T20:02:00.000Z"></span>Buffon the buffoon...<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Buffon_the_buffoon...-2007-01-27T20:02:00.000Z"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Talk:Georges-Louis_Leclerc,_Comte_de_Buffon&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Buffon the buffoon..."><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Maika0*-2007-01-27T20:02:00.000Z-Buffon_the_buffoon..."></span>Shouldn't it be mentioned that the term "Buffoon" was derived from his given name, "Buffon?" I was lead to believe that, though his ideas and theories were valid, many scoffed at him turning "Buffon" into a joke and then literally a foolish man. <small>—The preceding <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sign_your_posts_on_talk_pages" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages">unsigned</a> comment was added by <a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Maika0*&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Maika0* (page does not exist)">Maika0*</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Maika0*" title="User talk:Maika0*">talk</a> • <a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/Maika0*" title="Special:Contributions/Maika0*">contribs</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Georges-Louis_Leclerc,_Comte_de_Buffon#c-Maika0*-2007-01-27T20:02:00.000Z-Buffon_the_buffoon..." class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">20:02, 27 January 2007 (UTC)</a>.</small><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Maika0*-2007-01-27T20:02:00.000Z-Buffon_the_buffoon..."><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Maika0*-2007-01-27T20:02:00.000Z-Buffon_the_buffoon..."></span> </p><p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Gbmillion-2008-02-13T14:36:00.000Z-Buffon_the_buffoon..."></span>The term buffoon was in parlance 200 years before the said Buffon and according to one source, comes from the word "bouffon". Extra 'U'. </p><p><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=buffoon">http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=buffoon</a> </p><p>gb <small>—Preceding <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Signatures" title="Wikipedia:Signatures">unsigned</a> comment added by <a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Gbmillion&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Gbmillion (page does not exist)">Gbmillion</a> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Gbmillion&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User talk:Gbmillion (page does not exist)">talk</a> • <a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/Gbmillion" title="Special:Contributions/Gbmillion">contribs</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Georges-Louis_Leclerc,_Comte_de_Buffon#c-Gbmillion-2008-02-13T14:36:00.000Z-Buffon_the_buffoon..." class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">14:36, 13 February 2008 (UTC)</a></small><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Gbmillion-2008-02-13T14:36:00.000Z-Buffon_the_buffoon..."><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Gbmillion-2008-02-13T14:36:00.000Z-Buffon_the_buffoon..."></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id=""It_included_everything_known_about_the_natural_world_up_until_that_date."" data-mw-thread-id="h-"It_included_everything_known_about_the_natural_world_up_until_that_date."-2008-02-20T15:22:00.000Z"><span id=".22It_included_everything_known_about_the_natural_world_up_until_that_date..22"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-"It_included_everything_known_about_the_natural_world_up_until_that_date."-2008-02-20T15:22:00.000Z"></span>"It included everything known about the natural world up until that date."<span data-mw-comment-end="h-"It_included_everything_known_about_the_natural_world_up_until_that_date."-2008-02-20T15:22:00.000Z"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Talk:Georges-Louis_Leclerc,_Comte_de_Buffon&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: "It included everything known about the natural world up until that date.""><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-DenningJ-2008-02-20T15:22:00.000Z-"It_included_everything_known_about_the_natural_world_up_until_that_date.""></span>Buffon sounds like an extraordinary Biologist and Polymath. Nevertheless, however incredible his "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière" is, it must surely be more accurate to state "His aim was for it to include everything known...", or does someone here know better? </p><p>John. <small>—Preceding <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Signatures" title="Wikipedia:Signatures">unsigned</a> comment added by <a href="/w/index.php?title=User:DenningJ&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:DenningJ (page does not exist)">DenningJ</a> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=User_talk:DenningJ&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User talk:DenningJ (page does not exist)">talk</a> • <a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/DenningJ" title="Special:Contributions/DenningJ">contribs</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Georges-Louis_Leclerc,_Comte_de_Buffon#c-DenningJ-2008-02-20T15:22:00.000Z-"It_included_everything_known_about_the_natural_world_up_until_that_date."" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">15:22, 20 February 2008 (UTC)</a></small><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-DenningJ-2008-02-20T15:22:00.000Z-"It_included_everything_known_about_the_natural_world_up_until_that_date.""><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-DenningJ-2008-02-20T15:22:00.000Z-"It_included_everything_known_about_the_natural_world_up_until_that_date.""></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Anachronisms" data-mw-thread-id="h-Anachronisms-2012-01-14T20:54:00.000Z"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Anachronisms-2012-01-14T20:54:00.000Z"></span>Anachronisms<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Anachronisms-2012-01-14T20:54:00.000Z"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Talk:Georges-Louis_Leclerc,_Comte_de_Buffon&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Anachronisms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-71.233.236.145-2012-01-14T20:54:00.000Z-Anachronisms"></span>"Many scientific racialists pointed out at the time that it would have been difficult for races to change so markedly in genotype and phenotype in such a short period of time" -- if "many" did point out something to this effect, they certainly didn't do it in these terms, as <i>genotype</i> and <i>phenotype</i> were not used until the twentieth century. This should be rephrased. Also, 'many . . . at the time' needs to be clarified and quantified. <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Signatures" title="Wikipedia:Signatures">unsigned</a> comment added by <a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/71.233.236.145" title="Special:Contributions/71.233.236.145">71.233.236.145</a> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=User_talk:71.233.236.145&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User talk:71.233.236.145 (page does not exist)">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Georges-Louis_Leclerc,_Comte_de_Buffon#c-71.233.236.145-2012-01-14T20:54:00.000Z-Anachronisms" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">20:54, 14 January 2012 (UTC)</a></span><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-71.233.236.145-2012-01-14T20:54:00.000Z-Anachronisms"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-71.233.236.145-2012-01-14T20:54:00.000Z-Anachronisms"></span> </p> <dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-74.60.29.141-2012-12-18T04:02:00.000Z-71.233.236.145-2012-01-14T20:54:00.000Z"></span>I am moving this sentence here, not only is it anachronistic, it is "weasel-worded", dubious and smells like <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:OR" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:OR">WP:OR</a>. ~E:<a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/74.60.29.141" title="Special:Contributions/74.60.29.141">74.60.29.141</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:74.60.29.141" title="User talk:74.60.29.141">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Georges-Louis_Leclerc,_Comte_de_Buffon#c-74.60.29.141-2012-12-18T04:02:00.000Z-71.233.236.145-2012-01-14T20:54:00.000Z" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">04:02, 18 December 2012 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-74.60.29.141-2012-12-18T04:02:00.000Z-71.233.236.145-2012-01-14T20:54:00.000Z"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-74.60.29.141-2012-12-18T04:02:00.000Z-71.233.236.145-2012-01-14T20:54:00.000Z"></span></dd></dl> <ul><li><i>Many scientific racialists pointed out at the time that it would have been difficult for races to change so markedly in <a href="/wiki/Genotype" title="Genotype">genotype</a> and <a href="/wiki/Phenotype" title="Phenotype">phenotype</a> in such a short period of time.</i><br/></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Buefon" data-mw-thread-id="h-Buefon-2012-12-20T02:53:00.000Z"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Buefon-2012-12-20T02:53:00.000Z"></span>Buefon<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Buefon-2012-12-20T02:53:00.000Z"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Talk:Georges-Louis_Leclerc,_Comte_de_Buffon&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Buefon"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-74.60.29.141-2012-12-20T02:53:00.000Z-Buefon"></span>What about the spelling of his name on the (photo) pedestal of his statue: "Buefon" (literally carved in stone)? - One would assume the French would know how to spell his name. This needs clarification, <i>non?</i> ~E:<small>Modified:<a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/74.60.29.141" title="Special:Contributions/74.60.29.141">74.60.29.141</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:74.60.29.141" title="User talk:74.60.29.141">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Georges-Louis_Leclerc,_Comte_de_Buffon#c-74.60.29.141-2012-12-20T02:53:00.000Z-Buefon" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">02:53, 20 December 2012 (UTC)</a></small><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-74.60.29.141-2012-12-20T02:53:00.000Z-Buefon"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-74.60.29.141-2012-12-20T02:53:00.000Z-Buefon"></span> </p><p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Eburg_Editor-2014-11-27T16:11:00.000Z-Buefon"></span>Good catch but if you look closer, you'll see that it is just a glitch in the photo. It is actually spelled Buffon. 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Aside from other issues (20 soldiers to find a moose?!!), Buffon died in 1788. How would Jefferson, as American ambassador to France, have been in a position to order soldiers to New Hampshire, even under a government less weak than that under the Articles of Confederation?<a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Isidorpax&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Isidorpax (page does not exist)">Isidorpax</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Isidorpax" title="User talk:Isidorpax">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Georges-Louis_Leclerc,_Comte_de_Buffon#c-Isidorpax-2018-04-16T16:01:00.000Z-Bryson,_Jefferson,_and_Buffon's_bull_moose" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">16:01, 16 April 2018 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Isidorpax-2018-04-16T16:01:00.000Z-Bryson,_Jefferson,_and_Buffon's_bull_moose"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Isidorpax-2018-04-16T16:01:00.000Z-Bryson,_Jefferson,_and_Buffon's_bull_moose"></span> </p><p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Isidorpax-2018-04-16T17:27:00.000Z-Bryson,_Jefferson,_and_Buffon's_bull_moose"></span>Jefferson dealt thoroughly with Buffon's theories of American degeneracy, both of quadrupeds and humans, without benefit of moose carcasses in "Query VI" of his <i>Notes on the State of Virginia.</i> See Thomas Jefferson, <i>Writings,</i> Library of America, 1984, pp. 165-192.<a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Isidorpax&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Isidorpax (page does not exist)">Isidorpax</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Isidorpax" title="User talk:Isidorpax">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Georges-Louis_Leclerc,_Comte_de_Buffon#c-Isidorpax-2018-04-16T17:27:00.000Z-Bryson,_Jefferson,_and_Buffon's_bull_moose" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">17:27, 16 April 2018 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Isidorpax-2018-04-16T17:27:00.000Z-Bryson,_Jefferson,_and_Buffon's_bull_moose"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Isidorpax-2018-04-16T17:27:00.000Z-Bryson,_Jefferson,_and_Buffon's_bull_moose"></span> </p> <dl><dd><dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Chiswick_Chap-2018-04-16T19:12:00.000Z-Isidorpax-2018-04-16T17:27:00.000Z"></span>Well, it does <i>sound</i> like some bull moose product, and Bryson can hardly be called a reliable historical source, but we have it on much better authority that there was some such story: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/27859144?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents">American Scientist: "Marginalia: Jefferson, Buffon and the Moose"</a>. <a href="/wiki/User:Chiswick_Chap" title="User:Chiswick Chap">Chiswick Chap</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Chiswick_Chap" title="User talk:Chiswick Chap">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Georges-Louis_Leclerc,_Comte_de_Buffon#c-Chiswick_Chap-2018-04-16T19:12:00.000Z-Isidorpax-2018-04-16T17:27:00.000Z" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">19:12, 16 April 2018 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Chiswick_Chap-2018-04-16T19:12:00.000Z-Isidorpax-2018-04-16T17:27:00.000Z"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Chiswick_Chap-2018-04-16T19:12:00.000Z-Isidorpax-2018-04-16T17:27:00.000Z"></span></dd></dl></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Correction" data-mw-thread-id="h-Correction-20240602200400"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Correction-20240602200400"></span>Correction<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Correction-20240602200400"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Talk:Georges-Louis_Leclerc,_Comte_de_Buffon&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Correction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Lkirsteng-20240602200400-Correction"></span>Do you can change it, please? I can not. </p><p>{{Rue Buffon (Paris)}|fr}}, a{{Rue Buffon (Paris)}|fr}}, <a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Lkirsteng&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Lkirsteng (page does not exist)">Lkirsteng</a> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Lkirsteng&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User talk:Lkirsteng (page does not exist)">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Georges-Louis_Leclerc,_Comte_de_Buffon#c-Lkirsteng-20240602200400-Correction" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">20:04, 2 June 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Lkirsteng-20240602200400-Correction"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Lkirsteng-20240602200400-Correction"></span> </p>    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