Path: csiph.com!xmission!news.snarked.org!border2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!buffer1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!buffer2.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2018 12:45:42 -0500 Message-ID: <5B1EB55E.55C8@ix.netcom.com> Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2018 10:46:06 -0700 From: The Starmaker Reply-To: starmaker@ix.netcom.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (WinNT; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written,sci.physics,sci.physics.relativity,alt.astronomy Subject: Re: Rocky References: <5B1AFD5B.36FA@ix.netcom.com> <5B1CBC8D.782@ix.netcom.com> <5f8b0e01-a091-40bb-a319-9f2e44980127@googlegroups.com> <5B1D6882.66E1@ix.netcom.com> <44e9dbc3-73e1-4bd5-80f1-856f03bea836@googlegroups.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 180611-2, 06/11/2018), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Lines: 80 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 108.219.229.47 X-Trace: sv3-zRxb8ZarU/ao0Qnp3GN82otSBk/ehDKi9SPQn5rc28cNxQQqA9SUqDsEqG/5bJzxVKWinGfp0u0xMyo!7we6D38FV7E/QWFFvHY/s4x/wBkQ+4bLXueT51xLw9QXpD5I19COyr2My+YiRT7veIP2Jshoy2kx!iN/U+RArgnw= X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 3250 Xref: csiph.com rec.arts.sf.written:493361 sci.physics:690032 sci.physics.relativity:460960 alt.astronomy:299285 rotchm wrote: > > On Sunday, June 10, 2018 at 2:05:41 PM UTC-4, The Starmaker wrote: > > rotchm wrote: > > > > A "structure" is a "thing", as in a thought is a "thing", > > > if you chose to define it such. > > > > A structure is not a thing, it's the arrangement of things. > > Define what *you* mean by "thing". > > > I mean, a rock and a person/human are both made of the same things... > > Theya re made of "atoms" where 'atoms' is a thought, a belief; Or, atoms are a model. Or, they are the specific result of an operational definition, a classification; matter. > > > Now, using "classifications" is a mistake.. > > Nope. > > > you cannot call Earth a planet and Mars a planet... > > the word "planet" is a classification. > > > In other words...Earth is not a planet, ...at least not like Mars. > > The word 'earth' and 'mars' are classifications. > > > So why call earth and mars a planet, they don't look the same to me? > > The set of integers and the set of primes, all have integers. Yet, the sets differ. Classifications. > > > Relative to Nature as the observer...earth and mars are not planets. > > As per the usual definition of 'planet', yes they are. As history has shown of Pluto...yous people cannot be *trusted* with "definition of 'planet'"... YOUS DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT A PLANET IS!!!! Show me a sample of another ...earth. Calling Earth a planet...is stupid. Why are yous stupid people calling Pluto a comet now? https://www.space.com/40687-pluto-formation-1-billion-comets.html Pluto May Actually Be A 'Giant Comet,' New Study Suggests | HuffPost stupid, stupid, stupid. "a billion comets"???? stupid, stupid, stupid. Go feed your dogs to the turtles.... stupid, stupid, stupid. "a billion comets"???? I demand a recount!