Science admits another lie
It's official -- Pluto is no longer a planet
Must have been a lie
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There were only 8 planets.
How many years before we go to 7 planets?
Good newspaper story from AP
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Evolution science is the higher authority to which all science appeals.
All of you that claimed Pluto was a planet, have mislead us.
Change the textbooks.
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"Evolution science is the higher authority to which all science appeals."
This astronomy had nothing to do with Evolution or lying, you fuckwit.
I try not to cut and paste but this reminds me of one of my favorite movies, Return of the Living Dead...
It is the second submitted comment from a stupid fundie whacko that clearly shows some people are disturbed by a change of defintion. What are they thinking? How does it work?
Step 1: Continuously bitch about how science is "religion" and people who believe in science are so determined to stick their head in the sand and continue to believe something that's been disproven that they won't even consider an alternative theory.
A couple of days ago, our solar system had nine planets. Now it has only eight, so one of them must be gone! I knew I felt a disturbance in the Force, as if something terrible had happened!
"All of you that claimed Pluto was a planet, have mislead us."
Thanks, Brain.
Mister_Spak, thank you for your answer. I still have trouble understanding this coadie, but your concept of verbal voodoo (very nice, I'll try to incooperate this into my own world view, to get a better understanding of those guys) cleared things up a bit, although I don't know where it might come from.
Klaus:
Science admits another lie. It's official -- Pluto is no longer a planet.
Oh, fuck! THIS??! *points* *laughs*
Must have been a lie
No, must have been that scientists officially decided on a definition for "planet."
There were only 8 planets.
No. There are hundreds of thousands of objects floating in the rough vicinity of the star that Earth orbits. Scientists called 9 of these objects "planets." Now they call 8 of them "planets."
To science, a vote done by peers determines truth.
No, to science a vote done by peers determines what syllables will be used to describe a particular object, event, or tendency; or in this case, what objects the syllable pair "planet" will refer to. There is no change anywhere in the greater Sol area, and scientists are not saying anything new. They have merely decided to change what name to use when referring to one particular rock.
How many years before we go to 7 planets?
Wait do you really think that Pluto disappeared when scientists decided not to call it a planet anymore? Or do you believe that Pluto never existed, and that scientists "admitted" that the existence of Pluto itself was a lie when they decided not to call it a planet?
Good newspaper story from AP
...The point of which clearly flew over your head.
Evolution science is the higher authority to which all science appeals.
check SOURCE
if SOURCE=ASS
IGNORE
if SOURCE=UNRELIABLE
WRITE "Your source is unreliable."
RUN subscript {unreliable_source}
if SOURCE=RELIABLE
AGREE
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All of you that claimed Pluto was a planet, have mislead us.
How?
Scientists discover 7 other bodies orbitting the Sun along with the Earth. They call them "planets," and say "There are 8 planets." As optical technology improves and better telescopes are developed, they discover a ninth, smaller body. They call it a "planet" too and say, "Hey, we found a ninth planet that we couldn't see before! Actually there are nine planets!" They name this new one "Pluto." As technology improves even more, they discover many other such bodies, some of which are larger than Pluto. They wonder: "Should we call all of these "planets," or should we use different words for some of them?" They decide it would be better to use different words, rather than call them all "planets." Of course, they must then decide: "Which bodies should we call "planets?" Should we call Pluto and several other bodies "planets" and use different words for the others? Or should we use the word "planet" to refer only to Mercury through Neptune and use a different word for the other bodies? We could call Pluto a "planet" and use a different word for all the other bodies, but that seems a bit silly, since there are other bodies bigger than Pluto."
They chose Option #2. It's not misleading; it's only confusing to people with less than 45% of a brain.
Change the textbooks.
Yes, the textbooks have to be changed. Changing textbooks is a pain, but most people would rather change textbooks occasionally than stagnate and never discover anything new.
This is not a lie, this is a reclassification, and should be, at worst, considered admitting an error.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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