Comments on: Everything You Learned is Wrong http://www.livescience.com/blogs/2006/08/29/everything-you-learned-is-wrong/ LiveScience Blogs | Science, Technology, Health & Environmental News Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:14:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: stanflouride http://www.livescience.com/blogs/2006/08/29/everything-you-learned-is-wrong/#comment-1644 stanflouride Wed, 06 Sep 2006 17:39:50 +0000 http://www.livescience.com/blogs/2006/08/29/everything-you-learned-is-wrong/#comment-1644 As I age some of my most enjoyable are when I discover that a long-held belief is mistaken or when I surprise myself by discovering some prejudice that I didn't know I had. I would hope that all the regular fans of this site understand the tenuous nature of scientific knowledge and hope that they enjoy it as much as they do. As I age some of my most enjoyable are when I discover that a long-held belief is mistaken or when I surprise myself by discovering some prejudice that I didn’t know I had.
I would hope that all the regular fans of this site understand the tenuous nature of scientific knowledge and hope that they enjoy it as much as they do.

]]> By: captaininfinity http://www.livescience.com/blogs/2006/08/29/everything-you-learned-is-wrong/#comment-1509 captaininfinity Fri, 01 Sep 2006 18:27:17 +0000 http://www.livescience.com/blogs/2006/08/29/everything-you-learned-is-wrong/#comment-1509 You wrote: >What actually got me thinking about all this is a background piece >we posted yesterday on How Planes Fly. Turns out I had it wrong >and had to revise the article Oopsie, the article still needs some tweaking. "If this were all there were too it..." Too it? "The planes propeller or jet engine, meanwhile, has to work to provide enough thrust to overcome drag." Where's that apostrophe? Well, enough pedantry. Great article! I learned a lot. Now if I could only figure out how bumblebees fly.... You wrote:
>What actually got me thinking about all this is a background piece
>we posted yesterday on How Planes Fly. Turns out I had it wrong
>and had to revise the article

Oopsie, the article still needs some tweaking.
“If this were all there were too it…” Too it?
“The planes propeller or jet engine, meanwhile, has to work to provide enough thrust to overcome drag.” Where’s that apostrophe?

Well, enough pedantry. Great article! I learned a lot. Now if I could only figure out how bumblebees fly….

]]> By: smokeymonkey http://www.livescience.com/blogs/2006/08/29/everything-you-learned-is-wrong/#comment-1498 smokeymonkey Wed, 30 Aug 2006 18:42:35 +0000 http://www.livescience.com/blogs/2006/08/29/everything-you-learned-is-wrong/#comment-1498 On the issue of Pluto, I think it is an epistemic issue. I wrote about this on my blog, SmokeyMonkey.org: http://smokeymonkey.org/geeklog/public_html//article.php?story=2006082409103037 On the issue of Pluto, I think it is an epistemic issue. I wrote about this on my blog, SmokeyMonkey.org:

http://smokeymonkey.org/geeklog/public_html//article.php?story=2006082409103037

]]> By: tritonian http://www.livescience.com/blogs/2006/08/29/everything-you-learned-is-wrong/#comment-1489 tritonian Tue, 29 Aug 2006 23:00:34 +0000 http://www.livescience.com/blogs/2006/08/29/everything-you-learned-is-wrong/#comment-1489 i think everyone been biased against pluto, everybody say pluto's the 'bad' one, crossing into Neptune's orbit, thus making itself a dwarf well from another point of view, we could also said Neptune's the one to be accused because it crossed over Pluto's orbit. thus it only would make sense that Neptune be demoted because it hasnt 'clear the neighborhood' around it the bottom line is that the new definition is stupid, laughable and just simply pathetic wiht the last clasue 'cleared the neighborhood', sicne there are also asteroids near Earth and Jupiter's orbit. i think everyone been biased against pluto,
everybody say pluto’s the ‘bad’ one, crossing into Neptune’s orbit, thus making itself a dwarf
well from another point of view, we could also said Neptune’s the one to be accused because it crossed over Pluto’s orbit.
thus it only would make sense that Neptune be demoted because it hasnt ‘clear the neighborhood’ around it

the bottom line is that the new definition is stupid, laughable and just simply pathetic wiht the last clasue ‘cleared the neighborhood’, sicne there are also asteroids near Earth and Jupiter’s orbit.

]]> By: jimeo http://www.livescience.com/blogs/2006/08/29/everything-you-learned-is-wrong/#comment-1486 jimeo Tue, 29 Aug 2006 18:59:33 +0000 http://www.livescience.com/blogs/2006/08/29/everything-you-learned-is-wrong/#comment-1486 Even worse -- Karl Rove did NOT 'out' Valery Plame and won't ever be frogmarched to jail. Now, THAT has broken a lot of hearts! Even worse — Karl Rove did NOT ‘out’ Valery Plame and won’t ever be frogmarched to jail. Now, THAT has broken a lot of hearts!

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