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Re:Personality tests are the same pseudoscience as measuring... by metaph6 on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @06:02AM (#32648534)
That's a really interesting point of view; what you say is like astrology or such tests are deliberate designs of people (probably, of higher minds in a given society) that regulate or benefit life; but still, I think this'd be rather one of effects of practicing astrology or other non-scientific inquiries than the main cause of them. I'd like to see whether what you claim relies on a theory or research.
Re:Personality tests are the same pseudoscience as measuring... by ncmncm on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @04:17PM (#32654527)
The origins of astrology were always hermeneutic secrets. We are left to puzzle out its meaning from its effects, as for any natural phenomenon.

Since the positions of planets can, physically, have no effect, and nobody could ever observe or deduce any such effects, we are obliged to cast about for other design motivations.