Comments on: Your karma ran over my dogma http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/15/your-karma-ran-over-my-dogma/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:11:33 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: beepbeepitsme http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/15/your-karma-ran-over-my-dogma/comment-page-1/#comment-25791 beepbeepitsme Thu, 21 Dec 2006 11:44:27 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/15/your-karma-ran-over-my-dogma/#comment-25791 As a piscean, should I only have car accidents underwater? As a piscean, should I only have car accidents underwater?

]]> By: Steve http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/15/your-karma-ran-over-my-dogma/comment-page-1/#comment-25790 Steve Wed, 20 Dec 2006 11:33:42 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/15/your-karma-ran-over-my-dogma/#comment-25790 Same problem different example http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn1127 Same problem different example

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn1127

]]> By: A Ler…-- Rastos de Luz http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/15/your-karma-ran-over-my-dogma/comment-page-1/#comment-25789 A Ler…-- Rastos de Luz Sun, 17 Dec 2006 14:33:34 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/15/your-karma-ran-over-my-dogma/#comment-25789 [...] “Your Karma ran over my dogma“, no Bad Astronomy. Até que ponto chega a crença na Astrologia?; [...] [...] “Your Karma ran over my dogma“, no Bad Astronomy. Até que ponto chega a crença na Astrologia?; [...]

]]> By: DJ http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/15/your-karma-ran-over-my-dogma/comment-page-1/#comment-25788 DJ Sun, 17 Dec 2006 01:16:42 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/15/your-karma-ran-over-my-dogma/#comment-25788 All I know is "Your Karma Ran Over My Dogma" is the best title ever. All I know is “Your Karma Ran Over My Dogma” is the best title ever.

]]> By: Gary Ansorge http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/15/your-karma-ran-over-my-dogma/comment-page-1/#comment-25787 Gary Ansorge Sat, 16 Dec 2006 19:51:34 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/15/your-karma-ran-over-my-dogma/#comment-25787 Well, guess I'm not your "typical" Libran, as I've had my fair share of speeding tickets in my life, though none in the last decade or so. At a driving class for speeders I had to take to discharge one of my speeding tickets(in 1988), the instructer asked how many of us had been involved in accidents. I was the only one who had NOT been so afflicted. He said then, "Well, You are what we refer to as a "skillful" driver, rather than a "safe" one,,," April as a birth month for "genius"? I have three children, born as Sagitarius, Capricorn and Leo. All three easily qualify for Mensa. Is that what is meant by "genius"? I think it really had more to do with their mother having an IQ above 165. Even with regression to the mean(mine is "only" 142) they are still well into the "gifted" range. Guess I just "chose" the right mother for them(who is, by the way, a Gemini) ,,, So much for the accuracy of astrology,,, Go genetics,,, Gary 7 PS, My ex had one child by a previous relationship. That female is also well into the gifted range, IQ above 145. as are her two children,,,and that's another one for the gene pool,,, PPS, A friend from India told me that the caste system in India was really all about breeding for specific traits, as in the greatest Sitar players are all from the Khan caste. They've been at this for nearly 2.5 millenia. Maybe they have a clue,,,? Well, guess I’m not your “typical” Libran, as I’ve had my fair share of speeding tickets in my life, though none in the last decade or so. At a driving class for speeders I had to take to discharge one of my speeding tickets(in 1988), the instructer asked how many of us had been involved in accidents. I was the only one who had NOT been so afflicted. He said then, “Well, You are what we refer to as a “skillful” driver, rather than a “safe” one,,,”

April as a birth month for “genius”? I have three children, born as Sagitarius, Capricorn and Leo. All three easily qualify for Mensa. Is that what is meant by “genius”? I think it really had more to do with their mother having an IQ above 165. Even with regression to the mean(mine is “only” 142) they are still well into the “gifted” range. Guess I just “chose” the right mother for them(who is, by the way, a Gemini) ,,,

So much for the accuracy of astrology,,,
Go genetics,,,

Gary 7
PS, My ex had one child by a previous relationship. That female is also well into the gifted range, IQ above 145. as are her two children,,,and that’s another one for the gene pool,,,

PPS, A friend from India told me that the caste system in India was really all about breeding for specific traits, as in the greatest Sitar players are all from the Khan caste. They’ve been at this for nearly 2.5 millenia. Maybe they have a clue,,,?

]]> By: HawaiiArmo http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/15/your-karma-ran-over-my-dogma/comment-page-1/#comment-25786 HawaiiArmo Sat, 16 Dec 2006 18:46:08 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/15/your-karma-ran-over-my-dogma/#comment-25786 Great, that's the last thing I need -- Insurance companies to jump all over these bogus claims and determine that Libras (such as myself) require a higher rate of coverage. Doesn't it make you want to purchase a giant Hummer and drive it through the offices of whatever moron decides that these "studies" deserve to be considered news? The truth is, it must be an extremely slow news day, with events that are deemed non-news worthy left behind. Let's see, there's a never ending war, an attack on the sciences, Congress escaping without having faced any tribunals or direct wrath from the public, people living homeless on the streets in our own country, while our tax money goes to support the interest on the national debt, and of course, global warming disrupting the climate, and yet, the news on the headlines is how your birthdate effects your driving habits. Of course, there's a huge appeal for this kind of article, because there's a wealth of morons to feed it to. It remins me of walking through the checkout lanes in grocery stores, and never finding science related magazines. It's always People, or Us, or whatever the hell they have, but where are the Discovers? The Scientific Americans? National Geographics? They're always in the back of the store at the magazine station. Well, this is the kind of public the educational system here has produced. Gotta fight this stupidity, and I'm glad people like BA are around to really shoot these bastards where it hurts (the brain). Great, that’s the last thing I need — Insurance companies to jump all over these bogus claims and determine that Libras (such as myself) require a higher rate of coverage.

Doesn’t it make you want to purchase a giant Hummer and drive it through the offices of whatever moron decides that these “studies” deserve to be considered news?

The truth is, it must be an extremely slow news day, with events that are deemed non-news worthy left behind. Let’s see, there’s a never ending war, an attack on the sciences, Congress escaping without having faced any tribunals or direct wrath from the public, people living homeless on the streets in our own country, while our tax money goes to support the interest on the national debt, and of course, global warming disrupting the climate, and yet, the news on the headlines is how your birthdate effects your driving habits. Of course, there’s a huge appeal for this kind of article, because there’s a wealth of morons to feed it to. It remins me of walking through the checkout lanes in grocery stores, and never finding science related magazines. It’s always People, or Us, or whatever the hell they have, but where are the Discovers? The Scientific Americans? National Geographics? They’re always in the back of the store at the magazine station. Well, this is the kind of public the educational system here has produced. Gotta fight this stupidity, and I’m glad people like BA are around to really shoot these bastards where it hurts (the brain).

]]> By: OptimusShr http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/15/your-karma-ran-over-my-dogma/comment-page-1/#comment-25785 OptimusShr Sat, 16 Dec 2006 13:19:52 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/12/15/your-karma-ran-over-my-dogma/#comment-25785 "Indeed OptimusShr. People tend to start driving on or near their birthdays. The BA might not get snow down their in CA (or whereever), but here in Sept-Oct we normally have snow, and icy conditions. Even experienced drivers sometimes crash during the first few days of snow/ice as they relearn the ropes. For an inexperienced driver? Instant Fenderbender (or death:P)." Indeed I am a Libra (Early October) and I had to deal with icy conditions here in MA. Fortunately I did not and still have not had a single accident. “Indeed OptimusShr. People tend to start driving on or near their birthdays. The BA might not get snow down their in CA (or whereever), but here in Sept-Oct we normally have snow, and icy conditions. Even experienced drivers sometimes crash during the first few days of snow/ice as they relearn the ropes. For an inexperienced driver? Instant Fenderbender (or death:P).”

Indeed I am a Libra (Early October) and I had to deal with icy conditions here in MA. Fortunately I did not and still have not had a single accident.

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