Astrology
Astrology
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"Does astrology work? We tested the ability of 152 astrologers to see if they could demonstrate genuine astrological skill."
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tl;dr - "no".
- Whatever! You can only test astrology with astrology.wagshaft
- Maybe their antennas were broken.monospaced
- read the study... not very
sci·en·tif·ic.keewee - some of the charts of celebrities are easily discernable based on the position of the slower moving planets. how'd they miss?keewee
- Clearly Venus was not aligned with UranusAkagiyama
- it works for me.Beeswax
- lol, keewee, are you really propping up scientific method for validity? If so you must be fucking deluded.monospaced
- nothing about the astrology you tout is backed up by science. Furthermore, all known science directly contradicts it.monospaced
- As always, it's a fact that the position of the planets and stars have nothing to do with our personalities or the events in our lives.CyBrainX
- Just wanna add. That study was extremely scientific. Any valid criticism must include actual science, keeweemonospaced
- can't say you have understood a subject when the "tests" are ankle deep at best.keewee
- that's not a valid criticism, because it clearly shows astrology doesn't workmonospaced
- eh. Mono - if you believe in something enough, it'll 'work' for you. You'll discount when it doesn't and labour on when it does.
That's why spells and ...Nairn - ... prayers 'have an effect', They don't - you know that, I know that - but it doesn't actually matter otherwise, it's just confirmation bias, all the way down.Nairn
- There's no point in believers trying to convert non- and no point in naysayers trying to Explain how bullshit we think it is.
But still, we all try. lolNairn