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I unapologetically view people who literally believe the stars/planets can predict unrelated things on earth as uniquely bad at thinking (moreso than many other strange beliefs) But if you don't literally believe this, then astrology seems like it could be really cool. 1/

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Andrew Gluck | Early-Stage VC

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Dec 26, 2021

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How different than believing in a Big Man in the Sky? (Orthodox Jew here).

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i think religion is also predictive of being bad at thinking, but much less; as in, my guess would be there's a relatively small diff in thinking skill between the religious and atheist, probably cause the religious are much less likely to self select into it, it's more heritable

9:21 PM · Dec 26, 2021

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(could be wrong here this is just if i had to bet money on a prediction) I'd also bet that the extremely religious, the fanatic kinds, are probably *better* at thinking compared to the more casual users

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Makes sense, religion requires only that you can be convinced by what is usually the whole community, you have to be able to convince yourself of astrology, betraying much more powerful reality rejecting proclivities.

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When I want to bash people that believe in astrology, I tell myself it's just another newer religion (to me at least), so at least in my head it doesn't have the legitimacy of religions that I know have been around for 1000+ years.

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Right because the big man in the clouds who lives us all unconditionally (under certain conditions) is more realistic than literal planets you can see with your own eyes and mathematical/scientific research. Astrology is older than Jesus himself!

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There's also a much higher social cost to disavowing your religion than astrology in many cases

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I think you are both vastly trivializing the effects of the practice, discipline, and community rehearsal of religion. It’s fashionable to be a Sagittarius. It’s devout to be an Orthodox Jew