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Topic	Should Pluto regain its planetary status?
adjl 02/28/25 11:36:04 AM #15:	Damn_Underscore posted... Are they worried elementary school students will have a harder time memorizing the planets? I don't think anyone making these decisions really cares how easy it is for elementary students to memorize the planets, just like they don't care about whether or not adults who learned that Pluto was a planet when they were in school can keep believing that instead of updating their understanding of the universe (which, let's be real, is the issue most people have with Pluto's declassification). MICHALECOLE posted... Seems like something trump would try to do and republicans would get all excited about Honestly, yeah. It overtly appeals to people who only ever want to understand as much science as they learned as children (see also: transphobes), and would be seen as sticking it to "big science" for trying to push new "agendas." I won't be at all surprised if we see an EO for this at some point when he feels he needs a popularity boost. captpackrat posted... 2-3? More like 15. 16 if you include Ceres, which was classified as a planet for 50 years. There you go, even worse. I haven't particularly paid attention to the issue since the early days when it was just Eris and something that was just a number at the time that were getting lumped in with Pluto, but I'm not surprised there are more things that better fit a classification of "dwarf planet" than there were 20 years ago. I'm also just realizing that I recently passed the point where Pluto has been declassified as a planet for a greater portion of my life than it counted as one. That's kind of wild. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. <cite>adjl posted [p:984198827] in Should Plu... [t:80942146]...</cite> <quote>Damn_Underscore posted... </cite><quote>Are they worried elementary school students will have a harder time memorizing the planets?</quote>I don't think anyone making these decisions really cares how easy it is for elementary students to memorize the planets, just like they don't care about whether or not adults who learned that Pluto was a planet when they were in school can keep believing that instead of updating their understanding of the universe (which, let's be real, is the issue most people have with Pluto's declassification).MICHALECOLE posted... </cite><quote>Seems like something trump would try to do and republicans would get all excited about</quote>Honestly, yeah. It overtly appeals to people who only ever want to understand as much science as they learned as children (see also: transphobes), and would be seen as sticking it to "big science" for trying to push new "agendas." I won't be at all surprised if we see an EO for this at some point when he feels he needs a popularity boost.captpackrat posted... </cite><quote>2-3? More like 15. 16 if you include Ceres, which was classified as a planet for 50 years.</quote>There you go, even worse. I haven't particularly paid attention to the issue since the early days when it was just Eris and something that was just a number at the time that were getting lumped in with Pluto, but I'm not surprised there are more things that better fit a classification of "dwarf planet" than there were 20 years ago.I'm also just realizing that I recently passed the point where Pluto has been declassified as a planet for a greater portion of my life than it counted as one. That's kind of wild. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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