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Re:"Does astrology work? We tested the ability of 152 astrol... by Mathnerd314 on Monday August 12, 2024 @10:11AM (#41224578)
Arguably, birth date and astrology are only tangentially related. Iirc I looked into it and there was little empirical evidence for 12 groups, it is more like 4 groups spring/summer/fall/winter.
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Re:"Does astrology work? We tested the ability of 152 astrol... by oblio on Monday August 12, 2024 @10:19AM (#41224684)
I think it was a joke. The statistical factor is actually age: the older kids perform better because they're more grown up (physically bigger, mentally more developed).

So if you set a cut off point at September, for example, kids born just after September: October, November, December, will be the biggest ones.

For example for an age group covering up to 11 years old in September 2024, the kids that are 10 years and 9/10/11 months old (so born in October, November, December 2013) will statistically be the best players of their group.

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