Pluto A Planet?

Is Pluto a planet? Once upon a time it was, but in 2006 at  the 26th general assembly of the International Astronomical Union took a vote if a planet would be described by this criteria. It has to:
1. Orbit Around the Sun
2. Enough Gravitational Pull to be in a Fairly Circular Shape
3. The Only Object in a Certain Perimeter
Pluto only met the first two to requirements so it is now named a "Dwarf Planet." There has been over a thousand "Dwarf Planets" discovered! Though, we are always learning new things about our planets and "Dwarf Planets" all the time. In 2006, spacecraft "New Horizon" was launched and will pass Pluto in 2015 and continue it's journey into the unknown areas of space! What should I write about next?

Zero

Zero was an invention. Think about it. Did the Romans have a numeral for zero? Nope. Then the Babylonians came along and used zero as a place holder for number like one-hundred. Then about a thousand years later a Indian mathematician named Brahmagupta invented it as an actual number in math. He invented the number before one, zero. He figured out how to use it in basic math. Example:
0 + 1 = 1     0 x 5 = 0     The invention of zero in math changed the world. Imagine how much stuff we wouldn't have with out the simple number zero! I don't want to do an example of how many because I'm too lazy, but that's not the point. That lame number zero, made a huge difference in the way we live. Comment what you think I should write about next.

-Scotty

Freedom?

Are we really free? It feels like we are doesn't it. Well, think harder. Laws are here to protect us from people who don't have a moral compass and don't no the difference between right and wrong. I live on an island where we're NOT allowed to whistle in the streets past nine 'o clock! Is that law protecting us from some sort of monster that is attracted to whistling past nine? Nope. I understand that people are trying to sleep, but is whistling as loud as a siren? Nope. Here's another example, at my school we're not allowed to wear colored socks but we can have up to seven facial piercings! What?? There are a lot more unnecessary laws like that. Do you know what those unnecessary laws are doing? Taking away our freedom. We are also getting monitored by the government. Reading our e-mails, listening to our phone calls, watching us with drones. I figured out that google reads you e-mails because the adds that show up at the top of the g-mail page there is ads that pop up there. I hit the "why this ad" button and it said the adds were based off my e-mails. Wow. What happened to faith in your people? Once again, are we really free? Think about that. Comment what you think.

-Scotty

Self-Interest

Self-Interest can be good thing or a bad thing. For example, my band can connect with people and make then have a good time through our songs. We do our music out of self interest and people enjoy it with us. Though sometimes you do something and people won't like it. Let's say you want to start a trend of people wearing orange pants with you underwear on the outside. Not very attractive right? People are most likely not going to like it and slap you down. That was a very dramatic example of the "Invisible Hand." That term was made by a 1700s philosopher named Adam Smith. The "Invisible Hand" basically means that sometimes people will like something you do or they won't like it and beat you up. The invisible hand is basically "The People." The invisible hand will either give a high five or slap you in the face. Which brings us back to self-interest which is how everything started. Coca-Cola started because a person wanted to make an awesome drink out of self-interest and people liked it! Invisible hand high five! Then there's this really bad invention that a person made out of self-interest. And guess what? No one liked it and the guy got an invisible slap to the face! It's called the invisible hand because you don't know what it's going to do! All you can do is try at something that you like doing or have a problem. Do something about it and either the invisible hand will like it or it will slap you. That's part of life. Comment what you think about this.

-Scotty Wilmer

BRAIN IN A VAT

Is your brain envatted? A brain in a vat is a brain that is literally a brain in a vat or a jar. It is kept alive by nutritions inside of the vat and the nerves are hooked up to a big computer that can generate a fake world for the brain. So basically the brain would be in a world that is controlled by who ever uses the computer, but the brain doesn't know that! What has happened is there is a brain in a jar vat that is kept alive by nutrition, that is hooked up to a computer, "living" in a fake world, controlled by someone. And the brain has no idea it is controlled. This is a theory developed by Rene Descartes. It is the theory of doubt. How do we know we're not in a vat right now? We wouldn't know it if we were because the brain thinks it always in reality. Crazy right?

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I'm going to be honest, my name isn't really Scotty. I'm afraid I can't give you my real identity.*_* My blog is going to basically be about me my band and all that stuff. We've been playing for six years now and we're getting ready for England! ROCK 'N' ROLL BRO! Want to know my fellow band mates? Hahahahahahaha, they're my brothers-_-... I'm fine with that though, even though they're annoying at times we all come together because we all have one familiar goal. To be great! I don't know about all of you people, but I don't want to die a nobody! One tip, don't have Taco Bell before an important meeting. Does NOT go well with your colon! Yeah, I also do some photography. NIKON BABY!