What is the moon? A star or a planet?

[Doughbelly]

dont care how stupid, I totally WOULD.

damn, havent seen milfs like since the early 2000s. Shes got that cheesy Gosselin hair and everything. hnnnnnnnng

Dude! I was thinking the same thing! That you never see porn MILFs when actual MILF hair.

 

[zackryder]

Hey dude, would one exploding moon decimate the earth?

we talkin marvel universe or real life universe? XD

still takin outta context man :icon_cry2

 

[A Very Serious Cat]

Would work if he said median

 

[Stump]

Hey dude, would one exploding moon decimate the earth?

we talkin marvel universe or real life universe? XD

still takin outta context man :icon_cry2

 

[5H3RD0G]

I would guess a moon. :icon_chee

 

[odog]

That is.....well, I was going to say shocking, but I guess it isn't really.

On a side note, I used to be a regular on one of those websites where people answer other people's questions. Someone asked how the moon formed. I didn't know exactly so I did some googling and found a NASA website for kids that actually had a pretty thorough answer. I gave a short version of what I read and provided the link.

I looked back later and my answer was the 18th most popular answer. It also happened to be the only actual answer to the question. The more popular answers were all a variation of "God made it." That was my last answer on that website.

 

[Doughbelly]

Would work if he said median

Works both ways because by definition, IQ is a Gaussian distribution, median and mean end up being more or less the same thing.

 

[seatea]

I don't want to live on this star anymore...:icon_cry2

 

[Iroh]

It's a round rock in space, it might as well be a planet. She had the right thought throughout the conversation, but was unsure of herself. Still it started with her correcting herself. The gay dude obviously doesn't know shite.

 

[A Very Serious Cat]

Works both ways because by definition, IQ is a Gaussian distribution, median and mean end up being more or less the same thing.

Damn it. Taught me something.

Assuming we're using it as a measure that is.

 

[Iroh]

You should watch her get vehement about the moon not being a planet thing later in. Like angry.

The gay dude was mockingly disagreeing, so that's annoying when you're actually right.

 

[zackryder]

It's a round rock in space, it might as well be a planet. She had the right thought throughout the conversation, but was unsure of herself. Still it started with her correcting herself. The gay dude obviously doesn't know shite.

any1 still upset that plutos not a planet anymore?

Spoiler

 

[Iroh]

any1 still upset that plutos not a planet anymore?

Spoiler

Wasn't it again though? I know I heard that, but not sure if true.

 

[zackryder]

Damn it. Taught me something.

Assuming we're using it as a measure that is.

dude wat happened to ur cat avi? this phil davis avi is creepin me out

 

[zackryder]

Wasn't it again though? I know I heard that, but not sure if true.

idk. dam astronomers gotta make up their minds

 

[A Very Serious Cat]

dude wat happened to ur cat avi? this phil davis avi is creepin me out

Needed a change for a while and I found my old Davis shoop that I love.

I'm on my phone a lot lately and often forget what I have.

 

[Doughbelly]

It's a round rock in space, it might as well be a planet. She had the right thought throughout the conversation, but was unsure of herself. Still it started with her correcting herself. The gay dude obviously doesn't know shite.

IDK. I find him (name's Isaac Mizrahi, "famous" lower end fashion designer) more correct than her. The moon IS a planetary body.

 

[MortalWombat]

Is Penn State a college?

 

[Iroh]

IDK. I find him (name's Isaac Mizrahi, "famous" lower end fashion designer) more correct than her. The moon IS a planetary body.

They are both right in a sense. But he didn't know what the sun is, so he doesn't know shite. The moon is a planetary body, which I think they both knew (not by term). But it's not a planet in laymen terms (or other), and they were obviously talking in laymen terms.

 

[Doughbelly]

idk. dam astronomers gotta make up their minds

See, I think that's the problem with the way science is taught. Almost all definitions in classification schemes are by inherently arbitrary when defining the borders between groups of taxons. Taxons used here in the broader classification sense, not the organism sense. But organisms, too.

Instead of learning the principle characteristics of groups or clusters of objects and why they can be seen one way or another, you have people like this women reciting that they learned what the planets were and that's what they are.

The general population's reaction to this in 2006 is indicative of just this thing. They were offended that something they were taught was "wrong" and a lot of anti-science people took this to be a sign of how science was always full of error, ignoring the fact that as your knowledge expands, how you see and classify the world should change.