• @accideath@lemmy.world
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      442 months ago

      I disagree on the Pluto stance because it being classified as a dwarf planet makes sense for various reasons and isn’t about the ego of a racist megalomaniac.

    • @witx@lemmy.sdf.org
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      2 months ago

      W.r.t Pluto then you’re no better than those people denying science. The golf of Mexico’s renaming is due to ego and politics, Pluto’s classification is not

      • @TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works
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        2 months ago

        it’s more so emotionally based because it’s personified and I feel bad for poor Pluto 😢, not actually thinking that Pluto should in all scientific circumstances be considered a planet.

        It’s a lot different to vaccine deniers who don’t trust meaningful science and evidence that actually effect the lives of people and can do real harm to the lives of others.

    • @DannyMac@lemm.ee
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      12 months ago

      If you want Pluto to be a planet, have the definition of “planet” changed so that Pluto would fall within that definition.