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The Starmaker wrote:
> 
> You ask 'these guys'
> by "these guys" i
> mean
> 'the scientific community'..
> they will tell you
> there are billions of
> earth-like planets
> out there..but
> if ask them
> "How Many Planets Are In Our Solar System?"
> 
> they are stumped.
> 
> If you ask them "Is it 8, 9, or ten"?
> 
> They beging to stutter...
> 
> they start having convulsions...
> 
> they run in every direction..
> 
> But if you ask them
> "How Many Earth-Planets Are There In The Universe?"
> 
> they respond with...
> 
> "A FUCKIN BILLION, I'M ONE HUNDRED PERCENT SURE, WITHOUT A FUCKIN DOUBT!!"
> 
> but if you ask them..
> 
> "How many planets are in out solar system?"
> 
> they respond with..
> 
> "WHO THE FUCK DO YOU THINK YOU ARE ASKING ME THAT FUCKING QUESTION????"
> 
> The Starmaker


it is my understanding that most kids were taught that there are 9
plantes in our solar system....


but you know where they get their info from.