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There is no such thing as a 'rigged vote'.AV1611VET said:I'm not going to go with what science says, if science rigged a vote to say it.
Tell Andrew Kerr that.There is no such thing as a 'rigged vote'.
I have a conspiracy theory the vote was rigged by American astronomers who watched too many Walt Disney movies to ensure Pluto was not to be demoted.There is no such thing as a 'rigged vote'.
(There are however, a bunch of sore losers, who seem to think that the outcome of every fair voting process should always go their way for some strange reason, though ..)
You seem to be taking this personally, and that is up to you.I have a conspiracy theory the vote was rigged by American astronomers who watched too many Walt Disney movies to ensure Pluto was not to be demoted.
They failed as their European counterparts are not into Disney movies and the vote carried.
That process IS rigged!.. I can read the OP and conclude the vote was rigged.
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I'm not going to allow anyone to give me the third degree on this.
I think it was rigged, and that settles it for me.
You seem to be taking this personally, and that is up to you.
I take it personally as well.
I can read the OP and conclude the vote was rigged.
Evidently you can't, and that's your choice.
I'm not going to allow anyone to give me the third degree on this.
I think it was rigged, and that settles it for me.
And I take that responsibility seriously.If you boast about having standards then so is the burden of proof which is your responsibility.
Suit yourself.sjastro said:Otherwise you have no credibility whatsoever and come across as an individual with a big chip on your shoulder.
The IAU.sjastro said:So who rigged the vote?
You left out angels as stars."Star" in the Bible can mean: star (Matthew 2:2), planet (Jude 13), or asteroid (Revelation 8:11).
Binary stars?
Fake news.There is no such thing as a 'rigged vote'.
(There are however, a bunch of sore losers, who seem to think that the outcome of every fair voting process should always go their way for some strange reason, though ..)
I did, didn't I?You left out angels as stars.
You are not even making any sense.And I take that responsibility seriously.Suit yourself.The IAU.
Give it up, chief.So the question still stands albeit in a modified form; since you take the burden of proof seriously what percentage of the 424 astronomers who voted for Pluto's demotion did so because they are corrupted as opposed to those who did so for legitimate technical reasons?
There is no need to be defensive and calling me chief is a good indicator of who is emotionally charged.Give it up, chief.
I'm not going to take the third degree from someone I think is emotionally charged.
I think we've been through this before.I have probably said this before but... why is this such a big issue? So Pluto isn't a planet... so what?
I think we've been through this before.
Exactly; reclassifications occur in science all the time - they are a taxonomic convenience.I have probably said this before but... why is this such a big issue? So Pluto isn't a planet... so what?
I'm pretty sure that we've been over this before.Exactly; reclassifications occur in science all the time - they are a taxonomic convenience.
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