"Bob Officer" <bobofficers@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 12:42:55 -0800, in alt.usenet.kooks,
> <yyyiiinnnggg@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>"Bob Officer" <bobofficers@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 00:42:54 -0700, in alt.usenet.kooks,
>>> <yyyiiinnnggg@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>"Bob Officer" <bobofficers@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>> On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 23:01:32 -0700, in alt.usenet.kooks,
>>>>> <yyyiiinnnggg@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>>>"Bob Officer" <bobofficers@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>>>> On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 18:19:31 -0700, in alt.usenet.kooks,
>>>>>>> <yyyiiinnnggg@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>"Bob Officer" <bobofficers@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>>>>>> On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 14:08:41 -0700, in alt.astrology,
>>>>>>>>> <yyyiiinnnggg@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>>"Bob Officer" <bobofficers@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 10:45:17 -0400, in alt.usenet.kooks,
>>>>>>>>>>> "KOTY=DNC_TN@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <KOTY=DNC_TN@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 09:21:27 -0400, "Lambdascorpii"
>>>>>>>>>>>><lambdascorpii@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>I don't give a ****...
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>Uh....Then why did you post a reply to a message subject that
>>>>>>>>>>>>you
>>>>>>>>>>>>don't care about.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>Seems kinda silly.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> He believes in astrology...
>>>>>>>>>>> that sort of fits the mold
>>>>>>>>>>> Which He has built for himself
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Do you think astrology doesn't work?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I know it doesn't work. just like magic doesn't work, the bread
>>>>>>>>> doesn't
>>>>>>>>> really turn into meat, and the wine doesn't really turn into
blood
>>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> rite of ritual canabilism/vampirism practiced in most christian
>>>>>>>>> churches.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Magic doesn't exist, their are no fairies, aliens in UFOs, LGMs,
>>>>>>>>> gods
>>>>>>>>> or
>>>>>>>>> goddesses.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Astrology, the superstition is based on Apophenia... It is an
>>>>>>>>> artifact
>>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>> the way the human brain works. The human brain tries to make
>>>>>>>>> patterned
>>>>>>>>> where
>>>>>>>>> they are no pattern. Also if you are into ready, study what a
type
>>>>>>>>> one
>>>>>>>>> statistical error is. The best pro astrology arguments to come
up
>>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>> years
>>>>>>>>> was based upon the so called mars effect, which was accomplished
>>>>>>>>> by
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> cherry picking of data. When the so called mars effect is looked
>>>>>>>>> at
>>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> general population, the tendency disappears. Just as every over
so
>>>>>>>>> called
>>>>>>>>> astrological trait, disappears or appears uniformally in every
>>>>>>>>> sign,
>>>>>>>>> with
>>>>>>>>> an
>>>>>>>>> equal or nearly equal distribution.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> In others words, astrology is a superstition, based on the
ancient
>>>>>>>>> art
>>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>> calendar keeping by a small religious body, based in the middle
>>>>>>>>> east
>>>>>>>>> about
>>>>>>>>> or before 3400 BC., a modern belief not based in facts or
science,
>>>>>>>>> but
>>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>>> disproved facts and a belief in idle speculation.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Why do people exhibit patterns that are consistent with their
>>>>>>>>astrological
>>>>>>>>signs. For example, virgo are mostly liar/inflaters, and all aires
>>>>>>>>are
>>>>>>>>managerial and calculating?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I don't know...
>>>>>>> I find there are liar/inflaters in all groups , just as there are
>>>>>>> excellent
>>>>>>> managers in all groups, they are not concentrated in any one
>>>>>>> sign...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Each sign has a set of predictable behavior patterns.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> No they don't... the is a myth.
>>>>> Science and Math shows us those traits are equally distributed in
all
>>>>> the
>>>>> signs.
>>>>
>>>>Do you have proof?
>>>
>>> Yes, I do...
>>> It get posted about once or twice a year to alt.astrology.
>>> see the links I have provided below.
>>
>>Is that how you prove anything mathematically?
>
> The math is shown the links. I not going to tie up bandwidth with copies
> of
> other articles. Follow the links below. Did you even look at them.
Several
> of them follow Dean's twin study, the study of birthday twins.
Mathematically, you only need one example to prove that something exists.
There is never enough evidence to prove that something doesn't exit.
Assuming your links are all correct, that doesn't mean astrology doesn't
exist. Do you follow?
>
> Both of them show no astrological traits
>
>>>>> The false pattern is called apophenia. It is an artifact of way the
>>>>> human
>>>>> mind works. There is no traits which are unique to any astrological
>>>>> sign
>>>>> or
>>>>> combination of planetary aspects.
>>>>
>>>>If you change the names of the signs, the relation between the signs
>>>>remains. There is nature in the patterns.
>>>
>>> No, there isn't.
>>> That is entirely false.
>>> There is no pattern
>>>
>>> Start here:
>>> http://skepdic.com/astrolgy.html
>>> http://skepdic.com/coldread.html
>>>
>>> and follow the links
>>>
>>> http://www.pac-c.org/astrology2.htm
>>> http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/misc/astrology.html
>>> http://aries.phys.yorku.ca/~mmdr/1800/astrology-faq-synopsis.html
>>> http://skepdic.com/essays/jones.html
>>> http://www.imprint.co.uk/pdf/Dean.pdf
>>>
http://www.psych.uni-goettingen.de/home/ertel/ertel-dir/downloads/geffectsbroughtdown.pdf
>>> http://www.gwup.org/themen/lesetipps/michaelshermersencyclopedia.html
>>>
>>> That should get you started...
>
> I don't think she even read as far as the links.
>
>>>>> Even Edmond Wollmann, a professional astrologer, says "a chart is no
>>>>> more
>>>>> than a prop." Now I hate to use that s*** as an authority but hell
you
>>>>> take your proof where ever you can find it.
>
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