2006

Pluto Is A Planet. The Real Mistake Was Pretending Science Is Objective.

The fight over Pluto’s status isn’t really about astronomy; it’s about our emotional attachment to categories. The real mistake wasn’t demoting Pluto, but pretending the old definition was ever purely objective. A rock’s identity shouldn’t change just because of its zip code, and our obsession with neat labels exposes the subjective side of scientific classification.