It sounds like there were some who were pissed they did not get their way - and one guy who seemed to be saying 'the new definition is too complex, so lets not use it' Newsflash: science is sometimes complex.
Funny, Neil Degrasse-Tyson is not mentioned once in that article. You would think someone who you seem to be implying spearheaded the campaign to demote Pluto would at least get a mention in the article if not interviewed for it. On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 9:23 AM, Sam <sammyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Not sure where I read half but I did. > But just to see why this is controversial: > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/5283956.stm > > . > > > On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 11:58 PM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I am sure you have sources for the claim that 'half' the astronomers were > > against the change? > > > > > > On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 11:48 PM, Sam <sammyc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > Do you realize half the astronomers were against the change? That's > the > > > problem with science these days. More and more it's being based on > power > > > players rather than facts. > > > > > > . > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 11:39 PM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > 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:367106 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
