Re:Young people are flocking to astrology
by coldtea on Monday July 24, 2023 @07:13AM
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>Speaking of stereotypes, if anyone takes astrology seriously, I automatically assume they are not intelligent, irrational, and I find it impossible to take them seriously.
Doesn't that speak more about you than about them?
Highly intelligence (IQ wise) people have also been into astrology (and alchemy, magic, etc.).
>I can tolerate conspiracy theories, or aliens, or whacky religions, but astrology is just so dumb.
Perhaps that's more about having a crude model of what's rational?
Something doesn't have to follow physics to have utility (I mean, utility beyond "making astrologers money").
A less crude epistemology would focus on what makes astrology resilient and widespread throughout several millenia, and what kind of purposes it might serve, as opposed to focusing on whether its compatible with hard sciences, or the knee-jerk reaction that "it's because people are stupid".
Doesn't that speak more about you than about them?
Highly intelligence (IQ wise) people have also been into astrology (and alchemy, magic, etc.).
>I can tolerate conspiracy theories, or aliens, or whacky religions, but astrology is just so dumb.
Perhaps that's more about having a crude model of what's rational?
Something doesn't have to follow physics to have utility (I mean, utility beyond "making astrologers money").
A less crude epistemology would focus on what makes astrology resilient and widespread throughout several millenia, and what kind of purposes it might serve, as opposed to focusing on whether its compatible with hard sciences, or the knee-jerk reaction that "it's because people are stupid".