grumpy_cat@thelemmy.club to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · 3 days agoPluto is still a planet, just a dwarf onethelemmy.clubimagemessage-square87linkfedilinkarrow-up1335arrow-down16
arrow-up1329arrow-down1imagePluto is still a planet, just a dwarf onethelemmy.clubgrumpy_cat@thelemmy.club to History Memes@piefed.socialEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square87linkfedilink
minus-squareFundMECFS@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoExactly. Planet is a social construct and we changed the threshold for what was considered one.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonecakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 days 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-squaretroglodytislinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day 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