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Mon May-30-11 05:52 PM
Response to Reply #18 |
| 19. No astrology is fiction |
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it's fun and mostly harmless but at the end of the day it isn't based on any real evidence.
Anything that doesn't follow the scientific method is not science.
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| -What caused the death of astrology? |
Lionel Mandrake |
May-30-11 04:13 PM |
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Except for the Reagan administration, of course... |
hlthe2b |
May-30-11 04:19 PM |
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There's a group on DU for it too. |
laconicsax |
May-30-11 04:23 PM |
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I would have posted in that group, but ... |
Lionel Mandrake |
May-30-11 04:32 PM |
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Nor do I. |
laconicsax |
May-30-11 04:46 PM |
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Just as the DU Pets Group is not the place |
Lionel Mandrake |
May-30-11 07:20 PM |
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I don't know about that. |
laconicsax |
May-30-11 08:42 PM |
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Be that as it may, others would be offended. n/t |
Lionel Mandrake |
May-30-11 09:39 PM |
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Astrology isn't fiction |
lbrtbell |
May-30-11 05:48 PM |
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No astrology is fiction |
WatsonT |
May-30-11 05:52 PM |
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Sorry, but it is. |
laconicsax |
May-30-11 08:39 PM |
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Poor Nancy. |
Lionel Mandrake |
May-30-11 04:49 PM |
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Good riddance to bad rubbish. |
laconicsax |
May-30-11 04:20 PM |
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Science killed astrology |
sakabatou |
May-30-11 04:23 PM |
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Did you read the Original Post of this thread? |
Boojatta |
May-30-11 05:29 PM |
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Increasing literacy rates and public education |
WatsonT |
May-30-11 05:53 PM |
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Educated people are, by definition, literate. |
Lionel Mandrake |
May-30-11 10:53 PM |
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But literate people are not necessarily educated |
WatsonT |
May-30-11 10:58 PM |
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Let's talk about dates. |
Lionel Mandrake |
May-31-11 12:52 AM |
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"astrology "died" (or was marginalized) during the latter half of the seventeenth century" |
WatsonT |
May-31-11 04:51 PM |
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When and why do you think that happened? |
Lionel Mandrake |
May-31-11 07:40 PM |
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Personally, I think it's an interesting topic |
lillypaddle |
May-30-11 04:24 PM |
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the ancient Egyptians were advanced beyond nearly all cultures... |
hlthe2b |
May-30-11 04:39 PM |
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Because keeping slaves and hereditary rule is so advanced... |
jberryhill |
May-31-11 07:48 AM |
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How does that negate their advances in science, construction.. |
hlthe2b |
May-31-11 07:59 AM |
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The thread is about astrology |
jberryhill |
May-31-11 10:05 AM |
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Yes... it is about astrology... not about slavery & whatever other |
hlthe2b |
May-31-11 11:35 AM |
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Mysticism has always been a tool for hierarchical control |
jberryhill |
May-31-11 12:12 PM |
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Egypt was a fairly simple society, they just had a lot of manpower, |
Odin2005 |
Jun-02-11 01:22 AM |
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The introduction of soft sciences |
Riftaxe |
May-30-11 04:26 PM |
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The soft sciences like psychology, sociology, ... |
Lionel Mandrake |
May-30-11 05:03 PM |
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You might be taking Riftaxe too literally. |
Boojatta |
May-30-11 05:37 PM |
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there is a reason reputable is in quotes |
Riftaxe |
Jun-01-11 01:37 AM |
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Some sciences are more reputable than others. |
Lionel Mandrake |
Jun-01-11 12:25 PM |
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Real hard science killed it and the alchemists. |
ChrisBorg |
May-30-11 04:30 PM |
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Alchemy is different. |
Lionel Mandrake |
May-30-11 05:16 PM |
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but there is nothing worthwhile in it |
Warren Stupidity |
May-30-11 06:57 PM |
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The loss of confidence in astrology among the elite |
Lionel Mandrake |
May-30-11 07:55 PM |
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The distinction between "astronomy" and "astrology" is an anachronism before about 1700 |
Recursion |
May-31-11 07:48 AM |
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Yes and no. |
Lionel Mandrake |
May-31-11 11:41 AM |
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Thinking back, I agree with you, Group Captain |
Recursion |
May-31-11 12:26 PM |
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The notation we now use in differential calculus |
Lionel Mandrake |
May-31-11 03:41 PM |
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I have, however, read the Principia |
Recursion |
May-31-11 04:15 PM |
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"I also just like Leibniz's notation better." |
laconicsax |
May-31-11 04:13 PM |
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specifically, the fact that it lets you treat dx as something is important |
Recursion |
May-31-11 04:16 PM |
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The naive concept of a differential is indispensable. |
Lionel Mandrake |
May-31-11 08:07 PM |
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It don't work |
izquierdista |
May-30-11 04:47 PM |
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Well shit, |
lillypaddle |
May-30-11 04:52 PM |
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"Sexual Astrology" is even better.. |
Viva_La_Revolution |
May-31-11 10:56 AM |
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Hey... If by "works", someone means "you can get laid" |
jberryhill |
May-31-11 11:21 AM |
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Eh? Newton was an occultist |
Recursion |
May-31-11 07:45 AM |
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Newton's theory of gravity involved occult forces, |
Lionel Mandrake |
May-31-11 03:19 PM |
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Just guessing but it might have been ... |
GeorgeGist |
May-31-11 07:05 PM |
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Nope, because it was "common sense" that started it. |
laconicsax |
May-31-11 07:29 PM |
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Some of this "common sense" is still with us. |
Lionel Mandrake |
May-31-11 08:20 PM |
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Well, nobody ever really thought the world is flat |
Recursion |
Jun-01-11 08:25 AM |
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Some did, and some still do think the Earth is flat. |
Lionel Mandrake |
Jun-01-11 02:11 PM |
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Sailing |
Recursion |
Jun-01-11 02:30 PM |
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You're right. |
Lionel Mandrake |
Jun-01-11 03:26 PM |
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Oops - I forgot about the precession of the equinoxes. |
Lionel Mandrake |
Jun-01-11 05:15 PM |
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Yes, I did a paper on that |
Recursion |
Jun-01-11 09:01 PM |
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That just makes things exciting. |
laconicsax |
Jun-01-11 09:32 PM |
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You're kidding, right? |
laconicsax |
Jun-01-11 02:18 PM |
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It's found in poetic language even today |
Recursion |
Jun-01-11 02:28 PM |
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Irreproducible results. |
Orsino |
Jun-01-11 02:48 PM |
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Here's a reproducible result: |
laconicsax |
Jun-01-11 02:55 PM |
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Some suggestions: |
muriel_volestrangler |
Jun-01-11 06:45 PM |
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Very interesting. Thank you. |
Lionel Mandrake |
Jun-01-11 08:59 PM |
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About that web site |
Lionel Mandrake |
Jun-02-11 12:40 PM |
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Where does that site point out that |
Lionel Mandrake |
Jun-02-11 08:49 PM |
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Was royal patronage of astrology a 16th century fad? |
Lionel Mandrake |
Jun-05-11 03:33 PM |
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There might have been plausible reasons for early people to believe in some crude astrology |
struggle4progress |
Jun-03-11 09:22 PM |
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Recursion made a similar point in post #53 |
Lionel Mandrake |
Jun-05-11 03:58 PM |
#72 |
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