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maybe you should-- i am an unrelentingly rational man, but i can't deny that of all the horoscope "archetypes", or whatever you want to call them (i'm by no mea

maybe you should-- i am an unrelentingly rational man, but i can't deny that of all the horoscope "archetypes", or whatever you want to call them (i'm by no means an expert or even an enthusiast), Virgo is by far the best description of my personality, and just so happens to be my astrological sign (I guess... like i said, i find the whole thing rather silly). as a crypto skeptic, i did go through the exercise of learning about the space in various respects (Solidity + mostly niche, more cool, less-crypto-bro-y things like zero-knowledge proofs), and i actually must confess that i had a lot of fun, and was left with the feeling that there are certain classes of thing that the crypto mindset actually is valuable, or, at the very least, interesting. for example: if you were to ask me "would you rather deal with the shitshow of oath, or use crypto-y / solidity-ish primitives for dealing with authentication/authorization?".... i have to admit that there are some blissful aspects to the crypto view of the world. which makes sense: it was literally built to "solve" some of these problems. [written as someone who remains a "crypto-skeptic", whatever that means at this point]

imwillofficial 4y ago
Same with me and Capricorn, it's weird actually.
aiwv 4y ago
Yeah, it's sort of funny how much scorn people heap on astrology. I am not trying to convince anyone to take astrology seriously, but I think it's foolish to condescend to those who take an interest in it. The archetypes that astrology describes are undeniably true if you bother to read them and think about how you, yourself, and others relate to them. As a tool for forecasting what's going to happen tomorrow, it's of very dubious value. But if one thinks across longer time scales, if you are manifesting certain types of archetypal energies, and we all are, there are certain types of events: conflicts, romance, etc. that are very likely to happen and others that are quite unlikely to happen. On a meta level, it's also interesting simply because so many people find that they strongly relate to their chart, even when they really do not want to believe that their time of birth has any meaning at all. You don't have to believe that there is actually some physical influence of the position of the stars to be curious about why it has that effect. Is it just one of the greatest magic tricks of all time? If so, it might be interesting to understand how that works from a human psychological perspective.
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bawolff 4y ago
Did you do that test double blind? The skeptical position on astrology is typically that the archtypes are so vauge that they apply to everyone equally, and people tend to discard any parts that don't fit. Saying that the archetype applies to you isn't countering the skepticism. On the contrary that is precisely the outcome that someone who think astrology is bullshit would expect.

imwillofficial 4y ago

Same with me and Capricorn, it's weird actually.

aiwv 4y ago

Yeah, it's sort of funny how much scorn people heap on astrology. I am not trying to convince anyone to take astrology seriously, but I think it's foolish to condescend to those who take an interest in it. The archetypes that astrology describes are undeniably true if you bother to read them and think about how you, yourself, and others relate to them. As a tool for forecasting what's going to happen tomorrow, it's of very dubious value. But if one thinks across longer time scales, if you are manifesting certain types of archetypal energies, and we all are, there are certain types of events: conflicts, romance, etc. that are very likely to happen and others that are quite unlikely to happen. On a meta level, it's also interesting simply because so many people find that they strongly relate to their chart, even when they really do not want to believe that their time of birth has any meaning at all. You don't have to believe that there is actually some physical influence of the position of the stars to be curious about why it has that effect. Is it just one of the greatest magic tricks of all time? If so, it might be interesting to understand how that works from a human psychological perspective.

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bawolff 4y ago

Did you do that test double blind? The skeptical position on astrology is typically that the archtypes are so vauge that they apply to everyone equally, and people tend to discard any parts that don't fit. Saying that the archetype applies to you isn't countering the skepticism. On the contrary that is precisely the outcome that someone who think astrology is bullshit would expect.