Comments on: IDing Astrology

By: StevoR

StevoR — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:13:33 +0000

Well I just wish astronomy would replace astrology in our daily papers!

By: JokeR

JokeR — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:10:35 +0000

Fun fact?

Is’nt that a Dave Letterman gimmick?

By: Harold

Harold — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:51:11 +0000

Some Canadian Skeptic, just look at what you made me do:
http://anothermonkey.blogspot.com/2008/06/attack-of-robot-zombie-pirates.html

By: Some Canadian Skeptic

Some Canadian Skeptic — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:47:26 +0000

Harold,
“Some Canadian Skeptic, I believe you overlooked the coolness factor of robot zombie pirates. Riding cybernetic zombie whales.”

That’s just silly.

Now if they were carrying vampire-guns, that might be different.

FYI, a vampire-gun is not a gun used to shoot and kill vampires, nor is it a gun that vampires use. It’s a gun that shoots vampires out of the barrell.

Very dangerous.

By: Harold

Harold — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:32:13 +0000

Some Canadian Skeptic, I believe you overlooked the coolness factor of robot zombie pirates. Riding cybernetic zombie whales.

By: Darth Robo

Darth Robo — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:34:43 +0000

>>>”The Astrologer Robert Hand did predict 9/11. Look it up.”

Nope, Lynne Palmer was the only one who did.

http://bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/other_stories/documents/02048780.htm

Couldn’t have been luck, of course.

In my experience, there’s no such thing as luck.

By: azadirachta

azadirachta — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:56:19 +0000

# KCon 22 Jun 2008 at 6:59 am
To date I don’t know a single one who is documented as predicting the 2004 Tsunami, 9/11, etc., in advance.

The Astrologer Robert Hand did predict 9/11. Look it up.

By: azadirachta

azadirachta — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:44:42 +0000

Yes, viewing this clip should convince anyone that Astrology is for quacks and kooks.
That does not mean there are not serious deep-thinking people studying the subject.
John Addey wrote the book Harmonics in Astrology, which gives a theory for a scientific basis of astrology based on wave theory, and
offers an explanation for the statistically significant correlations found by Michel Gaugelin relating to professions and certain astrological correspondences associated with those professions.
Astrology, looked at simply as Sun signs, is a joke, but more serious study has been done and the subject itself is certainly not a joke.
Look up the work of John Nelson, a radio astronomer who’s work in the 1940′s and 50′s established a connection between shortwave radio blackouts and certain astrological configurations.
http://www.solsticepoint.com/astrologersmemorial/nelson.html
“Nelson had to make four forecasts every day–120 a month–for RCA. Once he discovered the importance of heliocentric aspects, his rate of accuracy for a given month often reached 90 percent or better. Although he found some correlation between geocentric planetary aspects and radio weather, it was the heliocentric aspects that allowed him to make such consistently accurate predictions of radio weather.”
“Nelson found the strongest aspects to be those long familiar to astrologers–the conjunction, opposition, trine and square, derived from dividing 360 degrees by 1, 2. 3, and 4. Of almost equal strength, and of a generally benign nature, were the sextile, semisextile and inconjunct. He found that other multiples of 7.5 and 18 degrees could offer support and confirmation for the major. aspects, but alone could not predict either good or poor radio weather.”
The dividing of the circle and use of fractional aspects (such as multiples of 18 degrees) is the basis of harmonic astrology.
Not understanding a subject can clearly lead to ignorance of that subject.
To simply pile on the fringe aspects of the astrological community, without checking out verifiable research, is not in keeping with the scientific method nor the open-mindedness needed for an objective look at the subject.

By: scott

scott — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:50:43 +0000

is it just me or does the guy in the glasses with teh beard look like Kevin Smith??????

By: dablobman

dablobman — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:20:32 +0000

yay dinosaur jr.

By: «bønez_brigade»

«bønez_brigade» — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:10:29 +0000

Several shots in that video appear to be taken at Griffith Park Observatory in L.A.

By: Some Canadian Skeptic

Some Canadian Skeptic — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:53:14 +0000

It’s been two days since Phil updated, and there’s even a trolling anti-Randi freakshow. I’m fairly certain Phil has been assasinated.

As for the troller, he accuses us of being a robot zombie. HELLO??? I would LOVE to be a robot zombie! The only thing cooler than a robot-zombie is a zombie-robot! Also, wolfman.

By: The Science Pundit

The Science Pundit — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:11:06 +0000

Please don’t feed either the concern troll nor the insane troll.

To those commenters who thought that “as a Cancer I’m naturally crabby” was the funniest line, as well as those who thought that the redhead was a hottie:
I completely concur on both points!

FUN FACT #2:
The guy who made this video has a one man show where he dresses up as Jesus.

Thanks Phil!

By: Darth Robo

Darth Robo — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:45:54 +0000

A virtual beer for Mark Hansen!

By: KC

KC — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:51:02 +0000

There’s not that much fuss about astrology here, either. It lurks beneath the surface. From my limited observation it’s the same in Europe. Most people’s interest is a perverse habit of checking their horoscope in the newspaper. Some by these astrology magazines. Others almanacs for planting by the moon signs. Very few actually get a horoscope cast.

As a case in point, note that so far I was the only one here to mention that there exists Tropical and Sidereal Astrology and why the precession of equinoxes argument doesn’t work and how the astronomical boundaries of the constellations changed in 1930. If there were a great fuss about astrology, then these things would be common knowledge.

By: George Kopeliadis

George Kopeliadis — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:06:09 +0000

There is no much fuss about astrology and much less about ID or creationism here in Greece and in Europe in general (I think). Whenever astrology comes to public debate it is under the prism that there are people exploited by astrologists taking as fact that astrology is a non scientific game. This doesn’t mean that a lot of people aren’t talking about it or take in consideration it’s sayings.

By: quasidog

quasidog — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:55:54 +0000

I laughed at that too. I laughed more that I have encountered a very similar line from an ex girlfriend. I am a Cancer also, but she said that was why I was ‘in my shell’ ….. she was dead serious.

By: JamesTCA

JamesTCA — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:36:44 +0000

“I’m a Cancer so naturally I’m crabby.”

LOL

By: Pieter Kok

Pieter Kok — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:11:31 +0000

You mean decreasingly entropic coffee…

By: Helioprogenus

Helioprogenus — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:36:49 +0000

Let me just say that I’m impressed by how hot that red headed chick is. She’s Earth shatteringly beautiful, but sadly, I’m probably not her sign. Seriously though, if she’s so satirically rational, wow, I’d really like to meet her. Maybe we can discuss the Ekpyrotic theory over a cup of increasingly entropic coffee.

By: Sticks

Sticks — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:53:05 +0000

This is a test, since I got Firefox 3

If it gets through I will post my further thoughts later,

By: Mark Hansen

Mark Hansen — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 03:02:37 +0000

@davidmabus:
It’s time to:
1) Use more drugs
2) Use less drugs
3) Use prescribed drugs correctly
4) Use a doctor to prescribe drugs correctly
Please select whichever choice is most appropriate.

@deepak
It’s called humour. Just because it was put together by scientician-type people doesn’t mean it has to be humourless. And as for letting something as ridiculous as ID thrive, I’ll have to assume you were joking.

By: Benjamin

Benjamin — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 02:21:07 +0000

Ummm….Phil, you’re exhausted because you were out to all hours watching P&T and being the social butterfly that you are. I still hadn’t adjusted from EST to PST so after learning that the boobs at Rub’s BBQ weren’t giving away free desserts as per the ticket stub, I scurried back to my bed and am now home to a still rainy Columbus, IN.

By the way it was nice meeting you and I’m sorry that no name hack Tyson stole all of your ideas.

Benjamin

P.S. Don’t forget to follow up on the GIANT GLOWING CROSS OF DOOM. Thanks!

By: Captain Obvious

Captain Obvious — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 02:16:15 +0000

Those scam artists insist that Mind and Matter act in ways that show *each other*.

They claim that particular configurations of matter correlate with particular kinds of mind.

They lie!

Correlation between matter and mind can’t be the case within a body, among many bodies, or throughout the universe ( as astrology would indicate ).

Mind doesn’t exist.

Behaviour exists, but “spirit” or “free will”?

The liars will stop at nothing to delude the whole world, and should be put down, so that matter can rule itself without their ignorance and new age religions.

By: davidlpf

davidlpf — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 23:11:27 +0000

21 pages of google results and counting.