I'm sick of scientists deciding everything. We're told Pluto is a planet for years and now it isn't. It's like being told coffee is good then bad then good and now bad again.
2006-08-24 16:41:49 · 22 answers · asked by philhanan 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Pluto is still a planet to me dammit!
2006-08-24 16:44:41 · answer #1 · answered by wildstar_2 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't bring coffee into this issue. Nobody said Pluto is bad for health! After years of scientific observations many leading astronomers have come to the conclusion that Pluto cannot be considered a planet anymore. That's all. Science is an ever evolving subject. Accept that.
2006-08-24 23:48:34 · answer #2 · answered by yuvan53 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Imagine the whole world believing that the world is flat and at some point, scientists tell us that the world is actually round but the world still want to believe that the world is flat.
The issue of Pluto is something like that. There is no scientific justification to keep Pluto as a planet although cultural, social and personal attachments may be strong.
Further, Pluto is also like one of those things in life that you don't treasure, until you lose it. (referring to Pluto status as a planet).
2006-08-25 00:10:46 · answer #3 · answered by ideaquest 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the scientist were bored and needed some public attention. They would have to go through too much work to declassify Pluto as a planet. There are too many book written and published that says that Pluto is a planet. I think it will be too costly to rewrite all those books (textbooks that is).
2006-08-24 23:51:21 · answer #4 · answered by misslady792003 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They do not have a right to redefine language. Pluto IS a planet because most of us think it is. They should have made up a new term.
We are under no obligation to follow the lead of the self appointed authorities of language. You and I determine what the word "planet" means, not some guys sitting in a sealed room wearing robes and white wigs.
2006-08-24 23:49:36 · answer #5 · answered by lenny 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think Pluto is a planet....who cares how big it is...it is not like any of us have been there any way...I used to dream about this stuff, scientist are taking the fun out of science...Good thing I'm Christian and don't put to much stock in what they say anyway!!!...lol
2006-08-24 23:46:13 · answer #6 · answered by O Jam 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1) I don't care about Pluto.
2) There are a lot of scientific words that mean different things in common speech. Scientists only decide for the sake of scientific community. They should've invited others in on the vote and perhaps come up with a colloquial definition in addition to a formal astronomical one.
2006-08-24 23:45:29 · answer #7 · answered by Captain_Ahab_ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm terribly upset. That was one of the planets I always got. I knew it's color, place, name. Now I'm told it's a freaking star. That's not right! I always got all the others mixed up, but I got Earth, Mars, Uranus and Pluto. Now I can only find three!!!! I'm a high school senior! This is really pathetic.
2006-08-24 23:47:47 · answer #8 · answered by xxthespianxx 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its basically because scientists have been desparately trying to get a clear cut defination for 'planets' now. And now they discovered they didn't know much. They were a few days ago, trying to add 3 more planet and now this. WHAT THE HELL!!
What about the school books we read... was the entire time we were reading science (physics especially) wasted????!!
TO THE SCIENTISTS: MAKE UP YOUR MIND MAN !!!
2006-08-24 23:46:20 · answer #9 · answered by Caprisco 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, it's nothing like saying coffee is bad, because the effects of coffee on the body have nothing to do with celestial bodies. And Pluto doesn't concern you, so why do you fret?
2006-08-24 23:45:30 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I care... I liked Pluto as a planet. now none of the mnemonic sayings work for kids to memorize the planets... textbooks are instantly out of date... Mickey's pluto is probably reduced to some little "dwarf" dog breed tooo....
sad day I tell you... sad day...
2006-08-24 23:47:45 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋