Fantastic.  Props to Rasch for finding this!

Isn't that exactly what happened when the original was posted? I think a few sifters picked up on that as well! hah

So he is wrong because somebody else arbitrarily changed some arbitrary scale/nomenclature?

That shit drives me nuts. I once answered a question online about the care and feeding of rabbits, and mentioned their constantly growing teeth, seeing as they are rodents. The problem is that they are not rodents ANYMORE, since after they were classified as rodents an order was invented just for rabbits.

The thing is, changing the NAME of something does not change its attributes. I accept that taxonomy and measurements need to be standardized, but when you do you need to accept that both the old and new classifications are valid, or you need to build a whole new system as to avoid confusion.

When we discover that something is different than we thought, then the old understanding is accepted as false, but when we make arbitrary changes it's more reasonable to say they are both right, but that one is more current.

Can't believe you thought rabbits were rodents. What a N00B!!!1!

^kymbos

Blame old biology books if you want, but rabbits WERE rodents(until 1912), and the triple point of water WAS 0°C (and still is on the old centigrade scale)

Dara O'Briain responded to that VERY well!

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/duty_calls.png

Another of these boring things. Are most Videosift users British? Is this what interesting people are like in England?

Awesome! I love his imitation of an angry person typing!!!

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