Comments on: Confessions of a Pluto-hating fiend http://www.arsmathematica.net/2006/08/28/confessions-of-a-pluto-hating-fiend/ Dedicated to the mathematical arts. Fri, 29 May 2015 09:17:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 By: Chris Hillman http://www.arsmathematica.net/2006/08/28/confessions-of-a-pluto-hating-fiend/#comment-1488 Sat, 11 Nov 2006 00:26:25 +0000 http://www.arsmathematica.net/archives/2006/08/28/confessions-of-a-pluto-hating-fiend/#comment-1488 I look foward to getting to know Pluto once New Horizons arrives there and sends back data! I just don’t think Pluto is a planet. As I see it, the point is: a place need not be a planet to be interesting.

I thought for quite a while that all the “agonizing” in the popular press over the redesignation was just the usual “slow news day” nonsense. I was amazed to discover that many laypersons apparently really do feel strong emotions on this issue.

Gee, this is only my third blog post EVER and already I see warnings that posting in science-related blogs can lead to being put on a politically inspired “enemies list”. (sigfpe, you probably thought you were kidding, but my experience is that some laypersons just can’t keep separate political from scientific discourse.) Should I quit before I get in any deeper?

]]> By: sigfpe http://www.arsmathematica.net/2006/08/28/confessions-of-a-pluto-hating-fiend/#comment-1406 Fri, 01 Sep 2006 01:49:14 +0000 http://www.arsmathematica.net/archives/2006/08/28/confessions-of-a-pluto-hating-fiend/#comment-1406 You have enemies…

I think I’ll be joining them.

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