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Aella
@Aella_Girl
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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Brian E. Bothwell
@bebfoo
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@Aella_Girl
I’ve been watching this topic over the past week or so and wanted to chime in. I’m a skeptical and scientific person by nature. When I first started looking at astrology (and tarot) I thought they were new-age bullshit. However I’ve changed my stance…
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Brian E. Bothwell
@bebfoo
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@bebfoo
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@Aella_Girl
I think that in ways that are far more than coincidence or confirmation bias, astrological descriptions of people are spookily accurate. And not the short cheesy newspaper variety but the detailed chart readings that delve into way more detail. I’m not a “believer” in astrology..
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
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@bebfoo
i talked with a professional astrologer about designing a test and if i understood correctly he said that the computer-generated charts (where you put in birth time and it gives you a big description) would be no better than chance at predicting personality traits or whatever
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
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@Aella_Girl
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@bebfoo
(like, in response to me proposing a test where ppl chose out of a set of randomly generated charts where one of them was actually from their birth day, he said no this was bad test it has to be interpreted by a proper astrologer)