When Is A Planet Not A Planet Summary

Knowledge is everything, its what separates humans from animals. It allows us to question the world around us. Another key aspect that separates humans from animals is that each human is unique. We all have different beliefs and ideals that help us explain the infinite amount of questions that this universe has gifted us. In his lecture Christopher Viney goes over the many shifts in the origin of life and how each time there is a shift people start to adept to the new shift. So why are there times that people decide that one thing is right while not even looking at the other point of view? Personally, I believe that sometimes people aren't willing to accept a new viewpoint because it would go against everything they've learned. To a certain extent that is true, before Viney's lecture I had thought that the reason Copernicus and Galileo were challenging the church was because of there ideals. But it turns out that the reason they disagreed with the church was because of authority and power that the church had over the people. The same can be seen in David Freedman article "When Is a Planet Not a Planet", in which he discusses the reason why people want pluto to stay as a planet was because it has sentimental feeling for those that have learned it is a planet. This can take
Religion and politics should never have control of science, instead they should use science to help explain their own goals. Science should be used as a way challenging old beliefs and help clear out fact from fiction. At the same time though, science should challenge itself so it can stay true to its main point of challenging old dogmas as Carl Sagan said in his article. This includes the introduction of the heliocentric model and the debate about pluto being a planet, that ended up changing view points on many