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And he's a scientist but believes in horoscopes. I don't think I've seen someone living a more hypocritical lifestyle

PicassoCTs 5y ago
https://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/newton/project/about.do https://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/newton/project/about.do Its actually pretty common to venture outside the box in every regard, if you have the ability to venture outside the box.
- ASalazarMX 5y ago
  But horoscopes, my god. They're not outside the box, they're outside reality. It's like a physicist believing in perpetual motion.
  - tedunangst 5y ago
    But they're a biologist? Cosmic forces are outside their field, unlike a physicist who believes in perpetual motion.
    - ASalazarMX 5y ago
      Biologists have to know statistics. Horoscopes are evidently impossible to anyone who knows basic statistics, if the generic fortunes weren't evident enough.
      - tedunangst 5y ago
        Are they? If the newspaper says Pisces is going to have a good day and Libra is going to have a bad day, I feel I'd have to ask way more people than I'm likely to meet to determine whether it's true or not. I don't know why you'd say it's evidently impossible.
      - apocalypstyx 5y ago
        I've seen people with masters degrees in biology who are young earth creationists and don't believe in evolution. Never underestimate the ability of the human mind to form into the shape of a Klein bottle.
  - goldenkey 5y ago
    > I had, like Dewey and others, only gradually come to the understanding that these cycles arrive from outside the earth. Not only that, but quite a few of them fitted with planetary alignments, and many serious scientists or analysts do not want to go there because that is astrology and only quacks do astrology. However it is a fact that these relationships exist. There are several reasons why the planetary alignments match common cycle periods, and others why the Sun is affected by planetary alignments. Saying that does not make me an astrologer. Like many scientists I regard horoscopes as as a cruel trick played on gullible people. http://ray.tomes.biz/maths.html http://ray.tomes.biz/maths.html
whymauri 5y ago
Wait, I know some physicists and scientists who use Costar. It's almost always somewhat tongue-in-cheek, just a little fun to add spice to life. Not a 100% serious religious guide... in the same way I know serious scientists who own a and cleanse a few crystals for the 'aura.' It's kinda like pointing at a scientist who plays DnD and carries a DnD good luck pin and saying "DnD isn't even real! It's just play."
goldenkey 5y ago
"believes in" is an easy way to dismiss someone. The word "entertains" would be more accurate. The frequencies of ratios is correlated to the compositivity of the denominator. There's nothing crazy about horoscopes except taking them too seriously. There are very deep patterns in the construction of the universe, dictated by repeating patterns. > I had, like Dewey and others, only gradually come to the understanding that these cycles arrive from outside the earth. Not only that, but quite a few of them fitted with planetary alignments, and many serious scientists or analysts do not want to go there because that is astrology and only quacks do astrology. However it is a fact that these relationships exist. There are several reasons why the planetary alignments match common cycle periods, and others why the Sun is affected by planetary alignments. Saying that does not make me an astrologer. Like many scientists I regard horoscopes as as a cruel trick played on gullible people. http://ray.tomes.biz/maths.html http://ray.tomes.biz/maths.html

https://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/newton/project/about.do https://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/newton/project/about.do Its actually pretty common to venture outside the box in every regard, if you have the ability to venture outside the box.

ASalazarMX 5y ago
But horoscopes, my god. They're not outside the box, they're outside reality. It's like a physicist believing in perpetual motion.
- tedunangst 5y ago
  But they're a biologist? Cosmic forces are outside their field, unlike a physicist who believes in perpetual motion.
  - ASalazarMX 5y ago
    Biologists have to know statistics. Horoscopes are evidently impossible to anyone who knows basic statistics, if the generic fortunes weren't evident enough.
    - tedunangst 5y ago
      Are they? If the newspaper says Pisces is going to have a good day and Libra is going to have a bad day, I feel I'd have to ask way more people than I'm likely to meet to determine whether it's true or not. I don't know why you'd say it's evidently impossible.
    - apocalypstyx 5y ago
      I've seen people with masters degrees in biology who are young earth creationists and don't believe in evolution. Never underestimate the ability of the human mind to form into the shape of a Klein bottle.
- goldenkey 5y ago
  > I had, like Dewey and others, only gradually come to the understanding that these cycles arrive from outside the earth. Not only that, but quite a few of them fitted with planetary alignments, and many serious scientists or analysts do not want to go there because that is astrology and only quacks do astrology. However it is a fact that these relationships exist. There are several reasons why the planetary alignments match common cycle periods, and others why the Sun is affected by planetary alignments. Saying that does not make me an astrologer. Like many scientists I regard horoscopes as as a cruel trick played on gullible people. http://ray.tomes.biz/maths.html http://ray.tomes.biz/maths.html

whymauri 5y ago

Wait, I know some physicists and scientists who use Costar. It's almost always somewhat tongue-in-cheek, just a little fun to add spice to life. Not a 100% serious religious guide... in the same way I know serious scientists who own a and cleanse a few crystals for the 'aura.' It's kinda like pointing at a scientist who plays DnD and carries a DnD good luck pin and saying "DnD isn't even real! It's just play."

goldenkey 5y ago

"believes in" is an easy way to dismiss someone. The word "entertains" would be more accurate. The frequencies of ratios is correlated to the compositivity of the denominator. There's nothing crazy about horoscopes except taking them too seriously. There are very deep patterns in the construction of the universe, dictated by repeating patterns. > I had, like Dewey and others, only gradually come to the understanding that these cycles arrive from outside the earth. Not only that, but quite a few of them fitted with planetary alignments, and many serious scientists or analysts do not want to go there because that is astrology and only quacks do astrology. However it is a fact that these relationships exist. There are several reasons why the planetary alignments match common cycle periods, and others why the Sun is affected by planetary alignments. Saying that does not make me an astrologer. Like many scientists I regard horoscopes as as a cruel trick played on gullible people. http://ray.tomes.biz/maths.html http://ray.tomes.biz/maths.html