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It's not a planet is it? If Pluto is not a planet, Ceres certainly is not either.
by colordrops 6y ago
It's not a planet is it? If Pluto is not a planet, Ceres certainly is not either.
- ceejayoz 6y agoThe first paragraph uses the term “dwarf planet”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf_planet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf_planet
- kevin_thibedeau 6y agoAt least until cancel culture demands a rename.
- overflow_error 6y agoyeah but dwarf planet is not a planet, this is like saying method is a function, outrageous
- Twisol 6y agoIf that bothers you, you'll love the nLab's page on the red herring principle :) > The mathematical red herring principle is the principle that in mathematics, a “red herring” need not, in general, be either red or a herring. > Frequently, in fact, it is conversely true that all herrings are red herrings. This often leads to mathematicians speaking of “non-red herrings,” and sometimes even to a redefinition of “herring” to include both the red and non-red versions. https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/red+herring+principle https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/red+herring+principle
- zajio1am 6y agoWell, i usually use 'soy meat' example, which is obviously not meat. The case where adjective moves meaning outside of boundaries of original meaning, instead of just making it more precise, is kind of perverse. Perhaps people should use hyphen to make it one term in cases where the meaning is not result of composition (e.g. 'dwarf-planet' and 'soy-meat' vs. 'big planet' and 'pork meat').
- BitwiseFool 6y agoThat's good but it really should be in the headline.
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- svachalek 6y agoCeres actually has a similar classification history to Pluto, at one time being called a "planet" and then demoted to "asteroid". Later it became a "dwarf planet" when Pluto was reclassified.