On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 2:35 PM, William Bowen <william.bo...@gmail.com>wrote:
> > Except he didn't, it was Mike Brown. > > He started it by re-classifying it at the Hayden Planetarium. > FWIW, science isn't supposed to be warm and snuggly, so upsetting kids is > going to happen sometimes. > > FWIW, the Science Laureate position is being created to encourage kids to participate in science not be pissed off by it. > So glad I didn't simply reach for a bible when Brontosaurus was made > double-extinct... that was upsetting, but necessary. > > Changing Pluto is BS. Very few got to vote on it. The decision to demote it has very little to do with science. More about demoting it because an American discovered it. . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:367052 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
