2518: "Lumpers and Splitters"

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2518: "Lumpers and Splitters"

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Title text: Anna Karenina is a happy family lumper and unhappy family splitter.

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Re: 2518: "Lumpers and Splitters"

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Do any other sites call them that or is it just TvTropes?
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Re: 2518: "Lumpers and Splitters"

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According to Wikipedia, the earliest known use of these terms was by Charles Darwin.
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But even he couldn't see how usage of the terms would... evolve. 8-)
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