tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14592128.post115556343298257631..comments2023-09-08T04:22:48.330-07:00Comments on Unity of Truth: Decision Pending: Is Pluto Really a Planet?love2learnmomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10548471887979257624noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14592128.post-1156074362111253822006-08-20T04:46:00.000-07:002006-08-20T04:46:00.000-07:00Has no one quoted GKC on this?I do not believe in ...Has no one quoted GKC on this?<BR/><BR/>I do not believe in dwelling upon the distances that are supposed to dwarf the world; I think there is even something a trifle vulgar about this idea of trying to rebuke spirit by size. And as the first idea is not feasible, that of making the earth a strange planet so as to make it significant, I will not stoop to the other trick of making it a small planet in order to make it insignificant. I would rather insist that <B>we do not even know that it is a planet at all</B>, in the sense in which we know that it is a place; and a very extraordinary place too. That is the note which I wish to strike from the first, if not in the astronomical, then in some more familiar fashion.<BR/>[GKC, <I>The Everlasting Man</I> CW2:155]Dr. Thursdayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04666301445831509481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14592128.post-1155764365391846862006-08-16T14:39:00.000-07:002006-08-16T14:39:00.000-07:00Update on this story here.Update on this story <A HREF="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,208644,00.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>.ScienceMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09086909718651210352noreply@blogger.com