Scientists: Pluto is no longer a planet. - Page 2

Whale Biologist · 08-25-2006, 09:59 AM

Pluto and Xena are now Plutons... which is, according to the dictionary, an intrusive body of igneous rock protruding into different strata. NASA, however, only consulted The Microsoft Word Spellchecker before picking the word, and as such, proved that NASA isn't composed entirely of super-intelligent beings.

Drax_reborn · 08-25-2006, 04:21 PM

I am glad that Pluto is now no longer a 'planet' but a minor/dwarf planet. Mainly because there are things out there that could be considered planets but arn't using the same logical that classed Pluto a planet in the first case.

I had hoped that the dismissal of Sedna as the tenth planet would lead to this day. Besides Pluto is nothing more than a large Kuiper Belt object, just like Ceres is a large Asteroid belt object.

Meister · 08-25-2006, 04:25 PM

Somewhere, Douglas Adams is quietly smiling to himself.

TheSpacePope · 08-25-2006, 04:49 PM

But what the hell does it do to my star charts man,
And what about this U-2 planet Bono, or Xena, or whatever.
No wonder all my days are 5's!

Roy_D_Mylote · 08-25-2006, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Meister

Somewhere, Douglas Adams is quietly smiling to himself.

Douglas Adams is fucking dead. Do you...do you really have to bring that up, and kick me in the balls? I mean, do you get pleasure in envoking such feelings of longing and sorrow 'pon my soul?

But yeah. It does kinda throw astrologists for a goddamn loop.

Lockeownzj00 · 08-25-2006, 06:45 PM

Not really. Pseudoscience will always find a way to justify itself. In a recent metafilter thread, I witnessed a self-proclaimed astrologist/astrology advocate defend at length astrological systems without pluto, explaining that the general logic hasn't been broken, and all that.

So.

TheSpacePope · 08-25-2006, 07:04 PM

Thats why I love completely unverifiable science.
It's totally true.
Because it Is dammit!

Long-Haired Narcissist · 08-25-2006, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Solid Snake

I mean, here's the number one reason why most Americans are opposed to the empirically evident demotion of Pluto; because it wasn't what we were taught. Well, that's fine and dandy, right? Because science should always take a backseat to what we learned in our school classrooms, we'd never want progress to actually change the way we view our world.

If people are pissed over irrelevent information (how many of those 60% are astronomers with a degree in the subject or use that fact in their career? My guess is none), then I have three words to say to the jackasses since I don't care one way or other.

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Originally Posted by Carlos Mencia

De De Dee

MetalPsycho · 08-26-2006, 07:15 AM

Pluto gets no love. Now the God of the Underworld has no planet named after him!

Where's the justice, I ask you?!

Other than that...what was wrong with Pluto being a planet anyway? Were puppies burstin into flames on the street because the least important of all planetoids in the solar system just happened to be included with the other 8? Is Elvis finally going to stay dead now that the mess has been fixed?

ElfLad · 08-26-2006, 12:14 PM

By the same logic, I declare that the scientists who declared Pluto is no longer a planet are no longer scientists! Take that!

Truthiness:1; Logic: 6,894

We're gaining!

08-25-2006, 04:21 PM	#12
Drax_reborn Rocket Scientist Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Preston, United Kingdom Posts: 48	I am glad that Pluto is now no longer a 'planet' but a minor/dwarf planet. Mainly because there are things out there that could be considered planets but arn't using the same logical that classed Pluto a planet in the first case. I had hoped that the dismissal of Sedna as the tenth planet would lead to this day. Besides Pluto is nothing more than a large Kuiper Belt object, just like Ceres is a large Asteroid belt object. __________________ Fear the Furby of Death "The internet, where men are men, women are men and children are the F.B.I"

08-25-2006, 04:49 PM	#14
TheSpacePope Gigity Join Date: May 2005 Location: Lincoln. Nebraska Posts: 1,536	But what the hell does it do to my star charts man, And what about this U-2 planet Bono, or Xena, or whatever. No wonder all my days are 5's! __________________ Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust

08-25-2006, 07:04 PM	#17
TheSpacePope Gigity Join Date: May 2005 Location: Lincoln. Nebraska Posts: 1,536	Thats why I love completely unverifiable science. It's totally true. Because it Is dammit! __________________ Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust

08-26-2006, 07:15 AM	#19
MetalPsycho Pikachu wants a hug. With teeth. Join Date: May 2005 Location: 4th Layer of Hell: Georgia. Posts: 632	Pluto gets no love. Now the God of the Underworld has no planet named after him! Where's the justice, I ask you?! Other than that...what was wrong with Pluto being a planet anyway? Were puppies burstin into flames on the street because the least important of all planetoids in the solar system just happened to be included with the other 8? Is Elvis finally going to stay dead now that the mess has been fixed? __________________ I sometimes wonder why people even try to make things that few ever really see funny. I could say anything I want here, and only half the people who see my posts at all would ever know. I could write "Dingle Blatter Potato-chucks" and question fifthfiend's sexuality all in one sentence, and noone would ever care.

08-26-2006, 12:14 PM	#20
ElfLad She's buying the Stairway to Heaven Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 581	By the same logic, I declare that the scientists who declared Pluto is no longer a planet are no longer scientists! Take that! Truthiness:1; Logic: 6,894 We're gaining! __________________ Legendary: A webcomic about RPGs.

08-25-2006, 09:59 AM	#11
Whale Biologist Sent to the cornfield Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Wibble Posts: 305	Pluto and Xena are now Plutons... which is, according to the dictionary, an intrusive body of igneous rock protruding into different strata. NASA, however, only consulted The Microsoft Word Spellchecker before picking the word, and as such, proved that NASA isn't composed entirely of super-intelligent beings.

08-25-2006, 04:25 PM	#13
Meister Pure joy Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 10,689	Somewhere, Douglas Adams is quietly smiling to himself.