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.. "Abandonment" and "sickening" are emotive words, pushing a particular view. Folks tend to push back under these circumstances, if so inclined.
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"Abandonment" is a little emotive, but not particularly so. The major bodies of the solar system were being named under the convention of Latin god names, as already given by the first 14 names in the given list (except for Hygiea, who was known as Sirona, but not as well known), starting with the Sun and moving outward. The new ones are named for island gods and a Greek god. It is a pretty simple picture that describes working on one task, then leaving it and changing convention.
"Sickening" I kind of regretted using. I anticipated the question, Why would this project matter? I was trying to describe the sentiment in few words. I have tried to elaborate on this. The criticism came, but not what I was requesting (except from Thoth II).
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Not at all. I was illustrating how your argument from "sampling" can be used to justify discarding any name at all.
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I was being tongue-in-cheek, though usually try to be more sincere. I was just trying to show that I don't agree, so I would accept your argument as stated.
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And sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
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Psychodynamics is not practically very useful because you just can't tell what motives are behind things, but that doesn't mean all analytical systems regarding interpretation are discredited. People make analyses of linguistic and representational data. I was trying to give a convincing sort of sketch of how these associations could be formed.