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- From: rigking@halls1.cc.monash.edu.au (GAVIN KING)
- Subject: bullshit
- Message-ID: <rigking.1.728004438@halls1.cc.monash.edu.au>
- Sender: news@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Usenet system)
- Organization: Halls of Residence, Monash University
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 23:27:18 GMT
- Lines: 52
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- RDate: Mon, 25 Jan 93 22:09:12 +1100
- From: rigking@halls1.cc.monash.edu.au (GAVIN KING)
- Subject: Re: bullshit
- Cc: rigking@halls1.cc.monash.edu.au
- Message-Id: <rigking.1.727960155@halls1.cc.monash.edu.au>
- In article <1jnp5hINNrm3@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> you write:
- >From: ap856@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (John A. Wincek)
- >Subject: Re: bullshit
- >Date: 22 Jan 1993 03:20:17 GMT
- >In a previous article, rabjab@golem.ucsd.edu (rabjab) says:
- >>In article <rigking.1.727363471@halls1.cc.monash.edu.au> rigking@halls1.cc.
- >>monash.edu.au (GAVIN KING) writes:
- >>
- >>>I cannot believe that thinking human beings can actually believe this stuff.
- >>
- >>I must agree with this. The chance that the other planets has any effect
- >>at all on the lives of human beings is vanishingly small.
- >>
- >>The effect on Earth lifeforms of the sun and moon is of course a matter
- >>of record, from purely physical considerations.
- >>
- >>Astrology is simply an ancient attempt to understand the universe and
- >>its effect on human beings and has been superceeded by astrophysics,
- >>biology and psychology.
- >>
- >>Give up astrology for modern science and you will be richly rewarded.
- >>
- >>-rabjab
- >>
- >Have you studied astrology? I think not. From my own personal experience
- >I have found the "science" of astrology to be a valid one. Biology never
- >appealed to me and I seriously doubt that the subject I found terminally
- >boaring in school would now suddenly richly reward me. Now, I'm not
- >doubting it's validity, it just holds no appeal. And since astrology holds
- >no appeal to you, you might be better served reading alt. bio. or some
- >other "rewarding" board. And you might ask yourself why you don't believe
- >in astrology. Is it because of exhaustive research on your part which
- >proved it's non existance or is it just your uneducated opinion? Or
- >perhaps you listen to others opinions? "Others don't believe in it, why
- >not me?"
- >john
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- When those who believe in astrology can propose some explanation as to *how*
- the planets influence our daily lives, I will quite happily accept the
- study of astrology as worthwhile and rewarding. Of course, to do so would
- allow astrology to be subjected to the rigour of scientific enquiry,
- possibly leading to its falsification, so I cannot see too many doing this.
- To those who lead their lives on the basis of the advice of astrologers, I
- offer the following advice: read Karl Popper on the philosophy of science.
- Astrological predictions are framed in such language as to make them
- unfalsifiable, thus rendering astrology as a theory worthless.
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