The correct definition of cladistics is "the confusion of object with class, by confusion of the specific (in the form of holophyletic group) with the generic (in the form of monophyletic group", that is, "the confusion of empirical science (i.e., nominalism) with belief in classes (i.e., realism)". Or, put simpler, "generic subjectivity", or "objective subjectivity". It is the old idea that subjectivity can find a single objective solution by optimizing facts. It is the idea that truth can be revealed by simply optimizing the fit between "observations", in this case, classifications. This belief in a single true classification is so strong that it blinds the believers from the obvious fact that classification is orthogonal, i.e., that it lacks an unambiguous middle, and thus can't be unambiguous per definition, that is, can't be single. The believers fail to understand the fact that there can't be a single true classification to be found per definition, because they so strongly believe that there is a single true classification to be found. Their wish has turned their minds into belief instead of understanding to the degree that they deny an obvious definitional fact (actually contradict themselves definitionally). They choose definitional contradiction instead of definitional consistency to acknowledge their belief that classes are real. They voluntarily dive into contradiction, although it, in itself, proves them wrong, because they are so convinced (i.e., believe) that it can't be wrong (given that classes are real). They thus refuse to arrive to the consistent conclusion that classes are not real (that is, nominalism), because their whole reasoning rests on the axiom that classes are real. They thus refuse to acknowledge that they are simply wrong - totally wrong.
The confused definition of cladistics you can find in Wikipedia is written by cladists, that is, of persons that confuse object with class. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to correct the definition in Wikipedia, because I have consistently been hindered to do so by cladists. When belief rules, then facts are surpressed.
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