grumpy_cat@thelemmy.club to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · edit-22 months agoPluto is still a planet, just a dwarf onethelemmy.clubimagemessage-square88linkfedilinkarrow-up1315arrow-down13
arrow-up1312arrow-down1imagePluto is still a planet, just a dwarf onethelemmy.clubgrumpy_cat@thelemmy.club to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square88linkfedilink
minus-squaretroglodytis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoPluto never changed, we did
minus-squareFundMECFS@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoExactly. Planet is a social construct and we changed the threshold for what was considered one.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoNo, 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
minus-squaretroglodytis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThe beauty of science. Most exciting when we find out we’re incorrect
Pluto never changed, we did
Exactly. Planet is a social construct and we changed the threshold for what was considered one.
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
The beauty of science. Most exciting when we find out we’re incorrect