It is a fact that a year in astronomy is defined as being exactly 365.25 days, where each day is of 86400 SI seconds each.
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It is a fact that a year in astronomy is defined as being exactly 365.25 days, where each day is of 86400 SI seconds each... I have a consideration on this. All those years are mathematical years, not real years. Given that, it could be that they point not to real years, but to some reality which may have to do not with real years but with some fact yet to be realized.
I take it the term has been appropriated by science for use in their industry.So not really 'scientific blasphemy' then, is it?
Consensus is where it's at, isn't it?Also, to bring it back to the OP topic, I do find the idea of scientists from all across the world meeting to go "Right! ... how old do we think the universe is?" like some cheesy pyramid scheme sales pitch.
I take it the term has been appropriated by science for use in their industry.
Consensus is where it's at, isn't it?
I think a more simple explanation will do the job for a "beginner".
Consider a bicycle running down the road. The linear momentum is the bicycle moving. The roational momentum is the wheels spinning while at the same time moving. The spinning of the wheels help keep the bicycle stable.
i remembered that rotational momentum is better known by the name anglican momentum
demonstration of angular momentum - Google Search
Science has a hypocritical side to it.Why even get into a tizzy about it?
Science has a hypocritical side to it.
Joe Lab: I hear El Niño was responsible for that storm we had recently.
Frank Street: Why are you calling it that? If we call it "El Niño," then we'll have to call others "Thor" and "Quetzalcoatl" and "Ahura Mazda" and ...
Joe Lab: Don't be silly. It's El Niño, period.
Frank Street: Okay. "El Niño" it is.
Bunsen Baker: Hi, guys! They're at it again. Ten Commandments on the courthouse lawn!
Frank Street: Idiots! Don't they know if they post the Ten Commandments, then they'll need to give equal airtime to Thor and Quetzalcoatl and Ahura Mazda and ...!?
There's a lot more that went into Pluto's demotion than meets the eye.You seem to think so with Pluto...
There's a lot more that went into Pluto's demotion than meets the eye.
If you didn't see the point I made, then it's because you ... well ... didn't see it.Ah, yes. The classic 'Make up a fake conversation to pretend that you have a point'.
If you didn't see the point I made, then it's because you ... well ... didn't see it.
Along with a host of others:Says you.
Along with a host of others:
"Public reception to the IAU decision was mixed. A resolution introduced in the California State Assembly facetiously called the IAU decision a "scientific heresy". The New Mexico House of Representatives passed a resolution in honor of Tombaugh, a longtime resident of that state, that declared that Pluto will always be considered a planet while in New Mexican skies and that March 13, 2007, was Pluto Planet Day. The Illinois Senate passed a similar resolution in 2009, on the basis that Clyde Tombaugh, the discoverer of Pluto, was born in Illinois. The resolution asserted that Pluto was "unfairly downgraded to a 'dwarf' planet" by the IAU." Some members of the public have also rejected the change, citing the disagreement within the scientific community on the issue, or for sentimental reasons, maintaining that they have always known Pluto as a planet and will continue to do so regardless of the IAU decision."
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Note: Notice that Pluto will always be considered a planet while in New Mexican and Illinois skies?
And the Sierra Madre Mountains! Redundancy is spinningAh, yes. The classic 'Make up a fake conversation to pretend that you have a point'.
Question for you: why is the Sahara desert called the Sahara when Sahara means desert?
Of course not.You had no point.
I give up.Warden_of_the_Storm said:And you also ignored my question: why is the Sahara desert called the Sahara when Sahara means desert?
Especially if it blasphemes God ... right?Warden_of_the_Storm said:Hint for the answer: sometimes it's better to keep an old name already in use then to try and come up with an entirely new name for no reason.
So your attempt to compartmentalize has failed.Again, your fixation on Pluto is noted. So what?
Of course not.
I never do, do I?
Only academia can make points ... right?
Especially if it blasphemes God ... right?
Don't forget Hesperopithecus haroldcookii.And the Sierra Madre Mountains! Redundancy is spinning seemingly out of control!
So your attempt to compartmentalize has failed.
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