Is that what you read? I was just pointing out the irony in creating an ambassador of science for children job and then appointing the one guy that pissed off more children than anyone could ever imagine.
. On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 6:41 PM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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:367083 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
