grumpy_cat@thelemmy.club to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · edit-21 month agoPluto is still a planet, just a dwarf onethelemmy.clubimagemessage-square89linkfedilinkarrow-up1347arrow-down13
arrow-up1344arrow-down1imagePluto is still a planet, just a dwarf onethelemmy.clubgrumpy_cat@thelemmy.club to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · edit-21 month agomessage-square89linkfedilink
minus-squaretroglodytis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoPluto never changed, we did
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 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
minus-squareFundMECFS@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoExactly. Planet is a social construct and we changed the threshold for what was considered one.
Pluto never changed, we did
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
Exactly. Planet is a social construct and we changed the threshold for what was considered one.