So....it is his fault that these children and their parents are ignorant of how science works? And your idea it that we should placate their ignorance and not appoint, arguably, the most qualified person in the US as a 'Science Laureate'?
On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 11:35 PM, Sam <sammyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > That is what he said, kids all over the country sent him angry letters. > > . > > > On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 11:30 PM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Children were pissed off about Pluto? > > > > Where do your kids go to school? > > > > > > On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 10:11 PM, Sam <sammyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > 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:367090 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
