Pluto May Become A Planet Again

[AV1611VET]

I didn't click on that link, but are you guys still trying to use pictures on us to make your points?

Weren't we fooled once by Haeckel?

What's that saying?

Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me?

 

[Chesterton]

The official State vegetable of Oklahoma is watermelon.

 

[selfinflikted]

It's just an animated gif with a cat wearing sunglasses saying "Deal with It." Nothing quite so sinister, as you've guessed.

 

[MikeCarra]

A chemist harping on science, using Pluto as an example?

What's wrong? did you forget about Thalidomide?

Clean up your own lab first.

Yeah! STooopid chemists! Grrrr science!

 

[MikeCarra]

It's just an animated gif with a cat wearing sunglasses saying "Deal with It." Nothing quite so sinister, as you've guessed.

Selfinflikted, you know that's not true! That animated gif is the basis of a GREAT DEAL of science!

Most of the physicists I know publish actively in "LolCatz Meme Research Letters".

Why my entire p-chem class back in college was done using nothing but "trollface" memes.

So, don't try to pull one over on AV. He knows all the tricks we "scientists" use to deceive.

I can haz thalidomide now? Nomnomnomnom. Oops! Horrific birth defectx.

 

[selfinflikted]

Alas, the charade is over. :sadface:

 

[Delphiki]

But it was our ninth planet: as in 9 of 9.

How many men on a baseball team? nine?

Then who are those guys in the dugout? reporters?

9 is a square number.

My birthday is Sept 9 (9/9).

The Beatles have a song called Revolution 9.

If you take any multi-digit multiple of 9 and keep adding all the digits together until you're left with one digit, it will always be 9.

There's also 9 members of Girls' Generation, whom my signature references in Korean*



Aaaaanyway. The claim that Pluto is still a planet has some slight merit by the same reasoning that a motorsport is still a sport or a doghouse is still a house. Scientifically speaking it's not just a planet, it's a dwarf planet, which, colloquially speaking still means it's kind of a planet.

Problem is, there are many other objects in the solar system that are dwarf planets, and would likewise need to be included as just planets if Pluto were also considered just a planet. Haumea, Makemake, Ceres, and Eris (which is actually bigger than Pluto) would need to also be included as planets if Pluto were to fit the definition of a planet. This would make the number of planets in our solar system at least 13.. "at least" being part of the number.

So, the number is 8. 8 is also a nice number.

So, as for the number 9? To plagiarize the OP, "Number 9 can take a hike."



*Recently, Jessica has left the group, bringing the number of members down to 8. I'm still getting used to that.

 

[ThinkForYourself]

Just FYI:

Harvard says Pluto is a planet, opening up the space debate again | abc7chicago.com

Thanks for posting AV.

Sis boom bah...
Sis boom bah...
Pluto's a planet...
Rah Rah Rah!

(Mainly because as an old man, I spent most of life thinking there were 9 planets, trying to remember 8 is a pain. Better to let the younguns deal with the change from 8 to 9...make it happen!)

 

[Mainframes]

Presumably they will also promote all the other TNO's so that we actually end up with dozens of planets.....

 

[freezerman2000]

PLUTO!

 

[AirPo]

Just FYI:

Harvard says Pluto is a planet, opening up the space debate again | abc7chicago.com

Wonderful, then you'll have something new to complain about.

 

[AV1611VET]

Wonderful, then you'll have something new to complain about.

Maybe the vote to put it back should be a rigged vote; and we'll see how scientists react?

Do you think they can take their own medicine?

 

[MikeCarra]

Maybe the vote to put it back should be a rigged vote; and we'll see how scientists react?

Do you think they can take their own medicine?

I hope you a buy chips to have your giant party! Make sure to get a Neal DeGrasse Tyson pinata! You can knock him around (metaphorically) and then bam...boom! To da moon!

https://soundcloud.com/pluto-thalidomide/demotion-of-pluto

 

[Aureus]

And lol that article title. "unknown audience at open speech held at Harvard votes for Pluto to be a planet for unknown reasons with unknown consequences by an unknown margin" just doesn't have the same ring to it, does it?

 

[AV1611VET]

I hope you a buy chips to have your giant party!https://soundcloud.com/pluto-thalidomide/demotion-of-pluto

Mike, have you seen this thread: 1 ?

 

[Chesterton]

Some leader with vision and courage needs to step up and take charge of this Pluto mess. Since people are very concerned with arbitrary words and arbitrary scientific classifications, I'll make my own word for all of us. I hereby declare that Pluto is an "asdf". Henceforth, everyone shall refer to "the asdf Pluto". Let everyone know - get on your social media, write your congressman, call Fox News.

ETA: I guess I could have made a word that's easier to pronounce. Er, maybe I wasn't the man for the job. Never mind.

Point being: what Pluto is called is about as important as whether God created life through evolution or special creation, i.e., not very important, unless you're a science geek in which case, God bless you, fight the good fight, carry on, whatever.

 

[AV1611VET]

Some leader with vision and courage needs to step up and take charge of this Pluto mess.

In time, my friend, in time.

All these fires that scientists like to light are going to be put out in style; giving those on the earth a sense of peace and trust in the scientific method.

Stay tuned for further details.

 

[Mainframes]

You mean like declassifying Pluto as it has a highly eccentric inclined orbit and is just one of dozens of objects of a similar size in that area.

 

[Delphiki]

Yay! Empty threats!

 

[MikeCarra]

In time, my friend, in time.

All these fires that scientists like to light are going to be put out in style; giving those on the earth a sense of peace and trust in the scientific method.

Stay tuned for further details.

I'm guessing that JESUS will come back to earth and set this whole Pluto thing aright. AMIRITE?

This will be a great and glorious day. A day when the prophets and the saints will sing in joy!