1/ @DrFunkySpoon Culturally, planet means “big, important thing orbiting sun.” & thus countable like continents, oceans, siblings.
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@kchangnyt I mean kids & others were (rightfully) confused about why Pluto was suddenly no longer a planet. (I was a museum curator at time)
@DrFunkySpoon People hate change in what they learned in elementary school. Hate even more if you change it repeatedly.
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@kchangnyt science is like that. Must embrace change... Never again should kids be taught the number of planets is known. -
@DrFunkySpoon but you’re not embracing change. You just want everyone to embrace *your* change. - 1 more reply
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