Larry, If half the astronomers don't agree with the new classification how can it be scientific? Sounds like politics to me.
Maybe you should read up on the subject of science. You can start here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_science . On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 4:04 PM, Larry C. Lyons <larrycly...@gmail.com>wrote: > > 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:367056 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
