▲ 344 ▼ Pluto is still a planet, just a dwarf one (thelemmy.club) submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Grumpus_Maximus@thelemmy.club to c/historymemes@piefed.social 89 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] troglodytis@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (2 children) Pluto never changed, we did permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 month ago* (1 child) No, our scientific understanding evolved, and a classification of something changed. It's really not any deeper than that. Happens constantly in science. Kind of one of its defining features actually permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] troglodytis@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago The beauty of science. Most exciting when we find out we're incorrect permalink fedilink source parent [–] FundMECFS@piefed.zip 4 points 1 month ago Exactly. Planet is a social construct and we changed the threshold for what was considered one. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 month ago* (1 child) No, our scientific understanding evolved, and a classification of something changed. It's really not any deeper than that. Happens constantly in science. Kind of one of its defining features actually permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] troglodytis@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago The beauty of science. Most exciting when we find out we're incorrect permalink fedilink source parent
[–] troglodytis@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago The beauty of science. Most exciting when we find out we're incorrect permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FundMECFS@piefed.zip 4 points 1 month ago Exactly. Planet is a social construct and we changed the threshold for what was considered one. permalink fedilink source parent
