Sam, Science is not about popularity contests, its entirely about what the data dictates. You simply don't seem to get. Seriously did you take any science courses, or a philosophy of science course beyond high school? Everything you've said so far indicates no. Try educating yourself for once. Start here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_science
On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 3:16 PM, Sam <sammyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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:367054 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm