So, you would be against Neil Degrasse-Tyson being Science Laureate because he does not think Pluto is a planet?
On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 4:09 PM, Sam <sammyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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:367079 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
