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Aella
@Aella_Girl
wow did not expect this to get retweeted into astrologer spheres, ive never actually seen live astrology defenders on twitter before
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
Ppl who are real into astrology/conspiracies/woo beliefs *really* trigger me, but it's not because of the beliefs themselves, it's what it indicates about the person. To me, it implies a profound lack of curiosity in checking to see if their beliefs are true. 1/
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Mirta
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You decided to call all of occult "woo". This is a large part of worldly population. You really didn't think it would rub someone the wrong way to be told that apparently they can't hold relationships or have critical thinking skills?
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@simpolism
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Heh, it's become an interest of mine. I think there's a route that makes it justifiable through psychoanalytic theory, esp post-linguistic turn. But it's not an easy sell for a lot of people.
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
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skimmed; seems reasonable? my crux here is: would you predict that two non-twin babies born in the same location at the exact same time would have more personality/life trajectory similarities than can be explained by other factors (like growing up in same area)
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I wouldn't predict that personally (although I know many astrologers who would -- it's a point of some historical contention), mainly because the tool as I see it functions as a "mirror", so the two would derive very different interpretations from the same chart.
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