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Been getting a lot of "how can you criticize astrology if you haven't studied it?" Well, I similarly think flat earth theory is ridiculous without knowing all their complicated arguments. If a theory violates extremely basic scientific knowledge, the details don't matter.

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Astrology fans get real defensive for some reason. It's almost as if they know they believe something that is complete bullshit but don't like being told it.

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That's exactly what I think aella's take is missing. I don't buy that most astrology people really believe in it the way others believe in scientific claims. I think they're suspending disbelief for fun. Weird to take the 'claims' of astrology so seriously imo

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my mentions have been full the past few days of many many astrology people who at least claim to literally believe that it's predictive

7:21 AM · Dec 25, 2021

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Well fair enough, that's dumb as shit. I wonder what proportion of the wider astrology-interested people take it that literally, though.

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Virgin birth; transubstantiation; earth created in six days; Noah's ark. Suspension of disbelief? Literally believe it all happened? People believe crazy stuff.