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Okay look. by laudablepuss 04/13/2011, 11:03pm PDT Very well explained.. Jupiter's trojans: far too tiny. Pluto: clearly a dwarf planet. AND he says that dwarf planets are STILL planets. I love it all of that! Except he says that last bit right after he says it's NOT a planet. So . . . when he says "planet" he means "major planet" or "not dwarf planet" or something. But he's clearly just rolling his eyes as hard as he can. At least it seems that way to me. "Pluto lovers" spoken in the same tone as "2012 people". (My monitor doesn't have the resolution to see the glint in his eye, but my speakers are good enough to hear this.) What did his eye glint and tone of voice say when he was respecting that guy's pluto-love? His arguments were the three checkboxes for being a planet that he talks about, and then half of his talk was: kids who were born after the demotion don't care (gee no shit?), we used to have a planet named George, people used to think Pluto was enormous, etc. Which proves nothing but makes him sound like a dickhead. You yourself said we'd NEVER have considered Pluto a planet if in 1930 we had telescopes that we have now. Like it's RIDICULOUS to think otherwise. The most that can be said is, if we had the knowledge back then that we have today, this conversation would have happened in the 1930s and not in the 2000s. The assumption that it would have turned out the same way in this alternate reality means you think there's a God given definition of planets, and it's not an arbitrary definition. It's possible and even likely that this definition won't last beyond a hundred years, when we've seen more planets and collected more data on planet formation and evolution.

This will be the solar system thread. by Ice Cream Jonsey 04/13/2011, 11:53am PDT     Neil deGrasse Tyson: Professional Buzzkill by WITTGENSTEIN 04/13/2011, 12:05pm PDT         Re: Neil deGrasse Tyson: Professional Buzzkill by Ice Cream Jonsey 04/13/2011, 12:19pm PDT             Re: Neil deGrasse Tyson: Professional Buzzkill by laudablepuss 04/13/2011, 4:33pm PDT                 I forgot this by laudablepuss 04/13/2011, 4:36pm PDT                     Liver update, plz NT by Just Another Mysterious Stranger 04/13/2011, 6:15pm PDT                         Re: Liver update, plz by laudablepuss 04/13/2011, 8:19pm PDT                             It looks like you're all having fun together in there. Glad to hear it. NT by Ice Cream Jonsey 04/13/2011, 10:46pm PDT                             Re: Liver update, plz by Just Another Mysterious Stranger 04/14/2011, 6:14am PDT                 Re: Neil deGrasse Tyson: Professional Buzzkill by Ice Cream Jonsey 04/13/2011, 6:30pm PDT                     Re: Neil deGrasse Tyson: Professional Buzzkill by laudablepuss 04/13/2011, 8:14pm PDT                         Done figured. Wooo hit me with more 'shine, boys :( NT by laudablepuss 04/13/2011, 8:15pm PDT                         Re: Neil deGrasse Tyson: Professional Buzzkill by Ice Cream Jonsey 04/13/2011, 10:42pm PDT                             Re: Neil deGrasse Tyson: Professional Buzzkill by laudablepuss 04/13/2011, 11:11pm PDT                             Bye, Ceres! Thanks for the snack, stupid! NT by HEH 04/14/2011, 5:20am PDT                     Re: Neil deGrasse Tyson: Professional Buzzkill by laudablepuss 04/13/2011, 8:25pm PDT     Okay look. by laudablepuss 04/13/2011, 11:03pm PDT