[extropy-chat] On categories and classification

[Jef Allbright]

Harvey Newstrom wrote:

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> On Aug 9, 2005, at 2:42 PM, Jef Allbright wrote:
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>> [From the] 'Celestial Empire of benevolent Knowledge'.
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> My favorite categorization of stars comes from an old forgotten 
> source:  Stars that are on, stars that are off, stars that turn on and 
> off, stars that haven't turned on yet, and other stars.  The need to 
> add "other stars" cracks me up every time I hear it.
>
Yup.  I just realized that I failed to list my primary example of the 
arbitrary classification which applies to the current controversy over 
what defines a planet.

I smile when I think of the classification of "those that from a long 
way off look like flies."

- Jef