▲ 314 ▼ Pluto is still a planet, just a dwarf one 20th Century History 21st Century History (thelemmy.club) submitted 5 months ago by Grumpus_Maximus@thelemmy.club to c/historymemes@piefed.social 55 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] troglodytis@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago (3 children) Pluto never changed, we did permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] FundMECFS@piefed.zip 4 points 5 months 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 5 months 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 1 child comment replies: [–] troglodytis@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago The beauty of science. Most exciting when we find out we're incorrect permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FundMECFS@piefed.zip 4 points 5 months 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 5 months 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 1 child comment replies: [–] troglodytis@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago The beauty of science. Most exciting when we find out we're incorrect permalink fedilink source parent
[–] troglodytis@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago The beauty of science. Most exciting when we find out we're incorrect permalink fedilink source parent
