How do you know that 90% of species are undiscovered if they are undiscovered? how do you know they are there if you haven’t discovered them yet?

Question

Everyone keeps saying its like a list, how does that work?? Do you have like a pokedex where the undiscovered species appear in grey or something like that???

In: Biology

Answer 1

We don’t know that. Also, it’s likely more around 99.9999999999999% are undiscovered. Just wait until space migration shows what it can show. The one guarantee I can give you is that most people won’t believe me. But then, we’re a species that prides itself on intelligence while being woefully ignorant — which is adorable through the right lens.