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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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I think you'd be surprised to find most astrologers are pretty self reflective and curious about the world. I understand why you would dismiss it, but this might be a good opportunity to practice what you're saying by investigating to see if your own preconceptions are correct.

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so far not a single astrologer has proposed testing to see if it's true in my mentions, not a single damn one. This is really only reaffirming my model here. So many other worldviews i would see ppl proposing tests!

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The problem is you’re limiting your understanding of the topic based on who is in your mentions and comes to you*. It’s you* who doesn’t have the curiosity to go outside your own bubble to further explore the topic. So we don’t expect you to have an intelligible view on astrology

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yea if you told me the earth is flat I wouldn't really be interested in learning your complicated theories why, because the foundation of it is silly. I'm not interested in learning more about a claim that is completely uninterested in science

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you keep bringing up the flat earth theory as a comparison to astrology, but there's direct and conclusive proof against the existence of a flat earth. i'm not understanding what conclusive truth backed by scientific study we're denying by practicing astrology

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if you suggest flat earth, I know it's silly because you're proposing something that violates everything I know about science. Astrology claims that the position of planets etc. can predict meaningful events on earth... this also violates everything I know about science

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