This sort of thing pisses me off ...

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NASA to remove offensive names from planets and other heavenly bodies

Political correctness has now expanded to space, where NASA says planets, galaxies and other heavenly bodies will no longer be referred to by “offensive” nicknames. In a press release T…

nypost.com

Are plans underway to rename Uranus?

 

[Gasman]

I just posted on Facebook, that I noticed I had purchased a bag of Midget Gems the other day.

I meant no offence to any little people.

 

[deletedT]

I saw this comment in another forum the other day:
Next will be "black holes" and "dark matter".

I just want to add I’m not against what NASA‘s started on this.

 

[deletedT]

I just posted on Facebook

What a surprise to see you’re on facebook. It’s the first time I see a member here is on a social media apps.

 

[Steve R.]

Political correctness at NASA surfaced in 2010 under the Obama Administration.
Christian Science Monitor article: NASA chief says agency's goal is Muslim outreach, forgets to mention space
According to the Christian Science Monitor, the Obama administration "corrected" Bolden. Real Clear Politics: NASA's Muslim Outreach wrote: "It's not really surprising that President Obama told NASA administrator Charles Bolden that his highest priority should be "to find a way to reach out to the Muslim world and engage much more with dominantly Muslim nations to help them feel good about their historic contribution to science ... and math and engineering." It fits with so much that we already knew about the president."

According to Rush Limbaugh: "President Barack Obama shut down NASA space flights and turned the agency "into a Muslim outreach department." Consider this after-the-fact, fact. With the launch of SpaceX the US has finally returned to space after approximately 10 years. Had the Obama administration been interested in a space program, a replacement shuttle and/or other space vehicle should have been ready soon after the last shuttle's flight on July 8, 2011. The evidence is clear, the Obama administration sacrificed the space program to promote a public relations campaign that may have been aimed at Muslim outreach.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

To be honest, we DO owe a lot of math knowledge to the Muslim world. I have no problem with acknowledging any group's scientific contributions. Heck, a lot of scientific experiments in biology and genetics were done in monastery gardens.

 

[Deleted member 147267]

Are they going to rename Uranus?

Why? It's pronounced yur-an-us where an is as in "ran". That worn out joke I keep seeing/hearing just lets me know that they don't.

 

[Steve R.]

To be honest, we DO owe a lot of math knowledge to the Muslim world. I have no problem with acknowledging any group's scientific contributions. Heck, a lot of scientific experiments in biology and genetics were done in monastery gardens.

Of course, the scientific accomplishment of the past need to be celebrated. No dispute there. However, one should not shut-down our own scientific research and/or sacrifice the space program as a consequence. Moreover, one of the sociological themes we see today is the outright vilification of Western culture. (There have suggestions that the teaching of math is racist.)

 

[moke123]

The evidence is clear, the Obama administration sacrificed the space program to promote a public relations campaign that may have been aimed at Muslim outreach.

You did notice that the politifact link is flagged as false, right?
also your link states:

The retirement of the 30-year-old space shuttle program may have happened under Obama’s watch, but the process was triggered during the administration of President George W. Bush.
... The goal after that was to have a commercial spaceship to carry American astronauts by 2015. In the interim, NASA is paying for seats aboard Russia’s Soyuz space capsules for missions to the International Space Station. Other countries, like Japan and Canada, have reached the space station via Soyuz capsules, too.

That arrangement will continue for NASA through 2017. Part of the reason for the delay is that Congress has underfunded Obama’s recent budget requests to help private companies develop their own space technology, according to Space.com, a space and astronomy news website.

 

[Steve R.]

You did notice that the politifact link is flagged as false, right?
also your link states:

A matter or perspective.

 

[Jon]

What about carpentry? There are male and female joints. Are those going to be banned now because they are offensive? Perhaps innie and outie joints are better terms so people don't feel damaged by violence of those terms. And looking at the different types of joint on Google, there is a Butt joint. This is a clear case of objectification. I object!

 

[Gasman]

Let's not even think about a muff coupling

 

[The_Doc_Man]

Got to say, Uncle G, that the referenced article about plant names was a good one.

But then, of course, the guys (and gals) who come up with those odd plant names DO have a sense of humor. And sometimes, their choices for names are actually very descriptive. Case in point:

skunk, mephitis mephitica - literally, "smelliest of the smelly."

 

[Isaac]

To be honest, we DO owe a lot of math knowledge to the Muslim world. I have no problem with acknowledging any group's scientific contributions. Heck, a lot of scientific experiments in biology and genetics were done in monastery gardens.

Well, they have devoted a certain amount of effort to chemistry.

 

[onur_can]

Please don't be angry. Stay calm. You cannot think normally when you get angry.

 

[neuroman9999]

NASA to remove offensive names from planets and other heavenly bodies

Political correctness has now expanded to space, where NASA says planets, galaxies and other heavenly bodies will no longer be referred to by “offensive” nicknames. In a press release T…

nypost.com

Are they going to rename Uranus?

of course they're going to! DUH. the people of the world are losing their souls because corporations have left the liberals behind, and they're threatening to burn the place down if the political correctness doesn't increase massively so they can be loved and not have all the money at the same time. their hate for successful people is reaching unprecedented heights at this point. but then again, successful people only seek money because of their lack of faith in God, just like everyone else. but, no one can be blamed for any of it.

 

[The_Doc_Man]

According to actual hard research by Herbert Maslow from the 1930s, people seek money for sustainment, long-term survival, family survival, and satisfaction or comfort. And it is not only the successful people who seek money. Lack of faith has nothing to do with this trend.

 

[neuroman9999]

According to actual hard research by Herbert Maslow from the 1930s, people seek money for sustainment, long-term survival, family survival, and satisfaction or comfort. And it is not only the successful people who seek money. Lack of faith has nothing to do with this trend.

there is a religious reason for this, and an economic one, Richard. what you are missing is the fact that Maslow, in 1930, is only analyzing a system that has gone through countless transformations over thousands of years. yes, you are correct. but I'm more correct, in that the system in which people need financial stability to survive was set up, in a previous incarnation, in another form, thousands of years ago, because man lacked faith in God. understand?

 

[The_Doc_Man]

Oh, is that the system in which Jesus said we would always have the poor?

Matt - 19:21 Jesus answered, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”

Except for the small matter that then I would also be poor and struggling. Thanks, but no thanks. This system smacks of extreme socialism or communism, both of which have been proved to be failures in the real world.

Jesus knew that it would be impossible to eliminate poverty. Matt - 26:11 “The poor you will always have with you” (partial quote, which is in turn a quote from Deut 15:11 "There will always be poor people in the land.") This is a statement of awareness that people succeed according to their nature. We need not condemn them because of that nature, but some people are doomed to mediocrity or failure. We can offer help, true, and in fact my wife and I donate regularly, to the limit that our fixed retirement income allows. But there WILL be limits to what we can do, and we must accept those limits as a firm dose of reality.

Don't forget, Adam, that despite my current beliefs, I did study the Bible for a long time before my eyes were opened.

 

[neuroman9999]

Don't forget, Adam, that despite my current beliefs, I did study the Bible for a long time before my eyes were opened.

I'm not condenming anyone for success richard. I make plenty of money myself, but I don't need it. Keep what you want, as many do. The truth of God has NOTHING to do with economical ANYTHING. socialism is irrelevant, capitalism is irrelevant. the purpose of the death of Christ was to re-align people with God because they set systems of control thousands of years ago, due to their lack of faith. And the current systems in place are just results of transformations of those systems over thousands of years and humans became more knowledgeable. Think of a "human" as an "entity" created by God, recognized to be imperfect, and thus evolves naturally and becomes smarter because it wants to "know" things. You, as a retired tech person, should understand this simple concept. it's literally that easy.