american. and so that doesn t explain why i had this emotional feeling. exactly. so in my sort of casual statistics, about 10% of americans who felt strongly about pluto knew that an american had discovered it. so the source had to be some other had to be some other force acting on these emotions. do you know what it is? well, not initially. i mean, i scratched my head, and i looked around. i sniffed around. and i said wait a minute, there is this dog we all know, mickey s dog that has the same tenure in the hearts and minds of americans. why? because it was first sketched the same year, coincidentally, that pluto the cosmic object was discovered. wow. so 80 years they ve been in the hearts and minds of americans. and when you first learn about the planets? first, second, third grade. when are you watching cartoons? first, second, third grade. and i think that link stays with us even if only subliminally throughout our entire lives. i also think pluto is an underdog, not
about it. exactly. in my sort of casual statistics, about 10% of americans who felt strongly about pluto knew that an american discovered it. the source had to be some other force acting on these emotions. do you know what it is? well, not initially. i mean, i had to i scratched my head and i looked around. i sniffed around and i said, wait a minute, there s this dog we all know, mickey s dog that has the same tenure in the hearts and minds of americans. why? because it was first sketched the same year coincidentally that pluto the cosmic object was discovered. 80 years they ve been in the hearts and minds of americans. and when do you first learn about the planets, first, second and third grade. when do you first watch cartoons? first, second and third grade. that link stays with us if only subliminally throughout our lives. i also think pluto is an underdog. not the dog part of it. but we think it s the puny guy like americans.