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On the other hand, astrology is decentralized and requires individuals to find their own values, and to actively interpret the meaning of things they read. I fi
by odyssey7 5y ago
On the other hand, astrology is decentralized and requires individuals to find their own values, and to actively interpret the meaning of things they read. I find that being this engaged with something enhances critical and creative thinking.
And in the case of astrology, self-awareness.
- throwamon 5y agoOh, so it's just like philosophy and science, except without any philosophical or scientific backing.
- pxc 5y agoNo. Astrology is a somewhat mystified, ritualized form of useful reflexive and social activities, namely thinking about personality and long-term thinking about life decisions. Just like how a funeral at a church is a somewhat mystified, ritualized form of the useful reflexive and social activities of remembering and grieving.
- teddyh 5y agoEncouraging people to “find their own values” and to “actively interpret the meaning of things they read” , without any grounding in reality or science, will mostly result in people either growing more ardent in their existing beliefs (whatever they happen to be), or make people spin wildly out of control in conspiracy theories and/or magical thinking and superstitions.