Comments on: Trying to pigeonhole nature http://acepilots.com/mt/2006/08/24/trying-to-pigeonhole-nature/ Jesus was a community organizer; Pontius Pilate was a governor Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:26:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator http://acepilots.com/mt/2006/08/24/trying-to-pigeonhole-nature/#comment-106206 Unpartisan.com Political News and Blog Aggregator Fri, 25 Aug 2006 02:35:58 +0000 http://acepilots.com/mt/2006/08/24/trying-to-pigeonhole-nature/#comment-106206 <strong>Astronomers Say Pluto Is Not a Planet...</strong> Leading astronomers declared Thursday that Pluto is no longer a planet under historic new guidelines... Astronomers Say Pluto Is Not a Planet…

Leading astronomers declared Thursday that Pluto is no longer a planet under historic new guidelines…

]]> By: TheBizofKnowledge http://acepilots.com/mt/2006/08/24/trying-to-pigeonhole-nature/#comment-106234 TheBizofKnowledge Fri, 25 Aug 2006 04:41:03 +0000 http://acepilots.com/mt/2006/08/24/trying-to-pigeonhole-nature/#comment-106234 You know, the decision to demote Pluto to a dwarf planet doesn't really bother me. All through school, my teachers and profs kept saying that it shouldn't really be considered a planet in the first place, so I guess that mentality sort of stuck. I think the IAU is simply correcting a mistake that dates back 80 years or whatever. You know, the decision to demote Pluto to a dwarf planet doesn’t really bother me. All through school, my teachers and profs kept saying that it shouldn’t really be considered a planet in the first place, so I guess that mentality sort of stuck. I think the IAU is simply correcting a mistake that dates back 80 years or whatever.

]]> By: canuckistani http://acepilots.com/mt/2006/08/24/trying-to-pigeonhole-nature/#comment-106368 canuckistani Fri, 25 Aug 2006 14:36:56 +0000 http://acepilots.com/mt/2006/08/24/trying-to-pigeonhole-nature/#comment-106368 When the asteroid Ceres was discovered, it was called a planet until it became clear that there were tens of thousands more objects in the same general orbit. But we survived its reclassification. Though I wouldn't have minded seeing 12 planets with more to come. When the asteroid Ceres was discovered, it was called a planet until it became clear that there were tens of thousands more objects in the same general orbit. But we survived its reclassification. Though I wouldn’t have minded seeing 12 planets with more to come.

]]> By: John the Marine http://acepilots.com/mt/2006/08/24/trying-to-pigeonhole-nature/#comment-106372 John the Marine Fri, 25 Aug 2006 14:50:00 +0000 http://acepilots.com/mt/2006/08/24/trying-to-pigeonhole-nature/#comment-106372 All who desecrate the PLANET Pluto will pay! This corrupt western IAU has perverted the heavenly order of our solar system with this heresy! Death to all who deny Pluto the Planet its rightful place in text books... All who desecrate the PLANET Pluto will pay! This corrupt western IAU has perverted the heavenly order of our solar system with this heresy! Death to all who deny Pluto the Planet its rightful place in text books…

]]> By: Whither Pluto? « AnalogKid http://acepilots.com/mt/2006/08/24/trying-to-pigeonhole-nature/#comment-106397 Whither Pluto? « AnalogKid Fri, 25 Aug 2006 16:15:51 +0000 http://acepilots.com/mt/2006/08/24/trying-to-pigeonhole-nature/#comment-106397 [...] Politburo Diktat has a nice heading … “Trying to pigeonhole nature.” Exactly. This is exactly as arbitrary and capricious as most other categorizations in science. It is very difficult to be specific on a continuum. [...] […] Politburo Diktat has a nice heading … “Trying to pigeonhole nature.” Exactly. This is exactly as arbitrary and capricious as most other categorizations in science. It is very difficult to be specific on a continuum. […]

]]> By: The Sanity Inspector http://acepilots.com/mt/2006/08/24/trying-to-pigeonhole-nature/#comment-106409 The Sanity Inspector Fri, 25 Aug 2006 16:49:30 +0000 http://acepilots.com/mt/2006/08/24/trying-to-pigeonhole-nature/#comment-106409 Poor Pluto. I'm still chafing from when they name its moon "Charon", when the obvious name would have been "Persephone". Better be careful, though. Call Pluto an asteroid, and <a href="http://www.brianlarter.com/?p=344" rel="nofollow">it may start acting like one.</a> Poor Pluto. I’m still chafing from when they name its moon “Charon”, when the obvious name would have been “Persephone”.

Better be careful, though. Call Pluto an asteroid, and it may start acting like one.

]]> By: The Sanity Inspector http://acepilots.com/mt/2006/08/24/trying-to-pigeonhole-nature/#comment-106411 The Sanity Inspector Fri, 25 Aug 2006 16:54:18 +0000 http://acepilots.com/mt/2006/08/24/trying-to-pigeonhole-nature/#comment-106411 In a comment thread at an astronomy blog I saw today, it was suggested that the mnemonic be changed from My Very Energetic Mother Just Showed Us Nine Planets to My Very Energetic Mother Just Showed...Uh-oh--No Pluto! In a comment thread at an astronomy blog I saw today, it was suggested that the mnemonic be changed from My Very Energetic Mother Just Showed Us Nine Planets to My Very Energetic Mother Just Showed…Uh-oh–No Pluto!

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