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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

Croney

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5. One thing I know is that it's not astronomy.

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Fri Nov 26, 2021, 07:42 PM

Nov 2021

Dr. Margaret Geller once told me that someone at a party asked her profession and when she said cosmologist, the person asked her about make-up.

Considering that people like George Takei, Luther Vandross, George Clooney, and of course many thousands of lesser known people share a birthday with Hitler, it should be obvious that astrology is at best a silly parlor game.

But I will read my fortune cookie with glee!

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Something I've always known about astrology... [View all] Archae Nov 2021 OP

Waiting for LG to come and set you straight ... marble falls Nov 2021 #1

Don't know who LG is but I always enjoy some craziness here on the DU. The characterization.... RussellCattle Nov 2021 #3

If it happens, it will be short but entertaining. marble falls Nov 2021 #4

I think it's human nature to want simple explanations for pretty much everything. Ocelot II Nov 2021 #2

From the same report (which goes on for pages and pages and pages...) fierywoman Nov 2021 #7

One thing I know is that it's not astronomy. Croney Nov 2021 #5

They may share a birthDAY with Hitler but not the same birth YEAR; therefore: not the same chart. fierywoman Nov 2021 #8

On April 20, 1889, there were thousands of births around the world. Croney Nov 2021 #9

Astrology considers the idea that all human beings are unique, they have individual souls, and fierywoman Nov 2021 #10

A decent astrologer looking at a certain part of Hitler's (and then Trump's) chart fierywoman Nov 2021 #11

People turn to things like astrology when they are desperate for hope Wicked Blue Nov 2021 #6

Astrology relies on false assumptions. endinequalitynow Dec 2021 #12

A decade or so back I attended PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2021 #13