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Eh. Astrology is obviously bullshit, but on the whole it’s much less harmful than other forms of misinformation. If we’re going to spend public and private cred
by ashtonkem 5y ago
Eh. Astrology is obviously bullshit, but on the whole it’s much less harmful than other forms of misinformation. If we’re going to spend public and private credibility haggling over misinformation, I’d rather focus on the forms that have a much higher body count. I’m fine with leaving astrology in the category of “not subject to any moderation, but openly mocked by other commenters whenever it comes up”.
- teddyh 5y agoSure, there’s a scale to these things: https://twitter.com/abbieasr/status/1312512066071060480 https://twitter.com/abbieasr/status/1312512066071060480 However, it could be argued that small continuous amounts of superstition and magical thinking (like regular horoscopes) weakens people over time, so that they are vulnerable to the larger stuff (like essential oils) or even larger and more harmful conspiracies later.