Why do some people seem to be so upset about Pluto not being considered a planet? I know many of them don't understand the context or reasoning for the decision, but many reactions I see aren't just confusion, they seem positively resentful.
2006-08-25 05:49:30 · 14 answers · asked by Zhimbo 4 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060825/ap_on_hi_te/selling_pluto
Further example of what I'm talking about...
2006-08-26 02:38:08 · update #1
Consider how many of them struggled as kids to memorize the names of the planets for some school quiz.
All for naught...
2006-08-25 05:56:37 · answer #1 · answered by x 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I do not understand why you think many of the people do not understand the reason? A Little self-centered or just better than most? I grew up with Pluto as a planet. I do not care the reason for changing it. I look at it as wrong. Why must a few always change things for the greater, just because they can. Leave somethings alone. In the over all picture dose it matter if Pluto stays a planet. NO! So why change it. Oh by the way I Do understand the reason . That dose not change my mind.
2006-08-25 06:05:14 · answer #2 · answered by usserydog 4 · 0⤊ 4⤋
In my opinion, most are just... shocked and awed, to put it in simple terms. Since Pluto's discovery in 1930, we've been taught that there are (or, since yesterday, were) 9 planets in our solar system. For some people, my self included, it's very surreal to have that notion change in simply a day. Especially after that fact that we all believed that the number of planets was actually going to increase to 12 and not decrease to 8.
And for others, they just need to think of something else to relate the number 9 to.
2006-08-25 05:58:11 · answer #3 · answered by Ant 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Pluto was named a planet in the 1930s. It is a part of history...practically a monument to early space discovery. Every baby boomer in the world grew up with it. It's sorta like saying the Lincoln memorial isn't a memorial anymore. People are just sentimental about it.
2006-08-25 05:57:49 · answer #4 · answered by smecky809042003 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I don't know! What difference if Pluto is a dwarf planet or a planet make in my life? It's interesting, and after that, doesn't mean much to me!
2006-08-25 05:54:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
while some people might truly be upset by the latest astronomical "disaster", i get the impression that a fair number were overdramatizing the situation for it's "humorous" overtones. obviously, changing somethings "label/name" doesn't in any way modify what ever it is essentially, and it's "essential effects" upon us and the cosmos. ;-) substance over form, eh?
2006-08-25 05:58:01 · answer #6 · answered by drakke1 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Michael Parker and Nick Williams asked the same question. You should read their answers side by side.
2016-08-23 05:18:50 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't either. I guess if you are an astronomer, this is very important, but frankly I couldn't care less.
But one thing is now for sure.....Uranus is now at the "butt end" of the solar system.
2006-08-25 05:55:22 · answer #8 · answered by lmnop 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Because they love the stupid Disney dog and want to see undeserved props for a cartoon.
2006-08-25 05:55:14 · answer #9 · answered by Lonnie P 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Pluto was my firend and I dont want him to go!
2006-08-25 05:55:57 · answer #10 · answered by ludasooner 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋