Comments on: American Public Media promotes astrology

By: Greg in Austin

Greg in Austin — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 04:52:41 +0000

@Astrologer,

If you are indeed a professional astronomer, and did indeed know that the market was going to tank before it did, then why did you put money in the stock market in the first place? Or better yet, why didn’t you buy the stocks that were going to make money 10 years ago? Or for THAT matter, why would you pull your money out now, when stocks will be at their lowest? Now’s the time to buy if you really want to make money, right? RIGHT?

Of course, you have verifiable proof that you knew before 2008 that the stock market was going to tumble in 2008? And the same method you used to determine that information has NEVER been wrong, is that correct? Or it at least has been right more times than from random chance, right?

By: Phil Plait

Phil Plait — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:32:47 +0000

Astrologer: yes, and you wrote it on a website so it must be true!

By: Astrologer

Astrologer — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:19:30 +0000

You can laugh all you want as I laugh all the way to the bank.
I’m a professional astrologer who knew the market was going to tank in ‘08. I took all my money out of the stockmarket in the summer of ‘08 and saved myself thousands of dollars in losses.
Its all invested in 5% CD’s now and I’m very happy .

By: quasidog

quasidog — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 07:54:33 +0000

Roy .. how is Randi a Fraud .. when he is debunking fraudulent claims other people make? In what way is he a fraud? How is exposing flaws in logic being a fraud? How is exposing frauds make one a fraud?

Your entire post makes little sense.

By: ND

ND — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:14:31 +0000

then again, Roy could be trolling

“I read your article with interest and it was clear to see that you have no scientific training.”

By: Todd W.

Todd W. — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:14:21 +0000

@ND

Aha..ha..ha. Courtesy laugh for the station.

By: ND

ND — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:08:11 +0000

Also,

Yesterday Market Place talked about their astrology segment and how they got letters about it and that there was contraversy online and how that it was actually humor

They phrased it as “There’s astronomy … there’s astrology …. and there’s humor.”