[tips] Pluto's chromosomes

2006-08-25 Thread Stephen Black
On 25 Aug 2006 at 10:55, Rick Froman wrote: > I believe that the Pluto story is actually a better example of paragraph 2 > than of paragraph 1 in Marc's post. I don't think it is a good example at all > of how scientists expect change in our conclusions as data accumulates. No > new data accumulat

[tips] Pluto's chromosomes

2006-08-25 Thread sblack
Now that Pluto's been booted out of the solar system, it's time to reflect. What it reminds me of is a day long ago in high school. That was the day our biology teacher walked into class and told us with annoyance that the number of chromosomes had changed. "They" apparently had decided that we