To Science... is to question... not control

I laugh when people say something is absolute because "SCIENCE SAYS SO"

History has proven many things, especially that our understanding of science and the universe around us is more than we understand...
History has proven that science is NOT absolute...
Science is inexact and ever changing...
That is why it is called science...

So the next time someone tells you science says so..
Reply, "yea... just remember that science once said the universe revolved around earth"
Pfft!!!!

https://www.earth.com/news/water-molecule-discovery-will-force-textbooks-to-be-rewritten/

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MarineBob · 56-60, M

At one time those great folks said Pluto was a planet

JimboSaturn · 56-60, M

@MarineBob It will always be a planet to me :P
That's actually not a science thing, but just a change in definition; it's subjective. No real scientific ideas changed when the demoted it from planet status.

Richard65 · M

@JimboSaturn they're setting them up Jimbo, and you just keep knocking them down 🤣🤣

therighttothink50 · 56-60, M

@MarineBob https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2021/02/15/yes-pluto-is-a-planet-says-nasa-scientist-at-the-site-of-its-discovery-91-years-ago-this-week/?sh=5e43c36a68df

JimboSaturn · 56-60, M

@Richard65 It's not hard lol

Richard65 · M

@JimboSaturn but you do it with such style 😎

JimboSaturn · 56-60, M

@Richard65 I actually like MarineBob, he is an ok guy, I have no wish to insult him.

MarineBob · 56-60, M

@JimboSaturn it was a ploy to get the schools to replace text books ahead of schedule

Richard65 · M

@JimboSaturn it wasn't an insult, you just concisely explained his error. There was no sarcasm or arrogance in your reply.

therighttothink50 · 56-60, M

@MarineBob “Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing what worked with what sounded good.” — Thomas Sowell

JimboSaturn · 56-60, M

@MarineBob Well it was demoted by the astronomist people, they don't sell textbooks.