Astrology is still defended by a lot of everyday people who should know better! A couple of times recently, smart people I know have said some astrology thing,

Astrology is still defended by a lot of everyday people who should know better! A couple of times recently, smart people I know have said some astrology thing, to my astonishment. When I say "uh.....geez, you don't believe that do you?!" they say "It's fun" in defence of it. Probably they've never in their lives come across some Shermer/Sagan/Gardner/Dawkins/Harris etc mocking/writing against baseless beliefs. It's just not a shameful thing to believe in, in the general culture. Astrology columns are in all newspapers, are 'fun'. Harmless entertainment. I guess newspapers had a role in continuing that till the present day. p.s. Where exactly do you draw the line between allowable/not allowable?