Comments on: James Randi and Star-Sign Compatibility

By: NIHAOJOYKIN

NIHAOJOYKIN — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:04:23 +0000

who believe in this …
who believe in this things??

By: Shutitup18

Shutitup18 — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:04:23 +0000

Lmao. This lady …
Lmao. This lady obviously failed in front of national television yet still she maintains she has “special powers” when those “powers” failed to manifest in front of a skeptical and/or open-minded audience. When confronted with reality, these sharlatans always resort to very weak explanations of why they failed to prove their claims. How funny

By: LovelyYTRocks

LovelyYTRocks — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:04:23 +0000

Yes!

10 wives!
Yes!

10 wives!

By: UncleFeedle

UncleFeedle — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:04:23 +0000

Regarding your ‘ …
Regarding your ‘pregnant women’ test – if astrology could be shown to provide positive results, then it would merit scientific study – to determine whether it works due to gravity fields, electromagnetism, solar radiation or any one of a thousand other explanations, any of which could be studied. But since there isn’t any evidence in favour of it, speculating on how it supposedly works is pointless and redundant. With no evidence to build on, there is nothing to warrant such research.

By: UncleFeedle

UncleFeedle — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:04:23 +0000

The best example I …
The best example I know of astrology failing under controlled conditions is ‘A Double-blind Test of Astrology’, Shawn Carlson, University of Calif., Nature #318, Dec. 1985 (a copy of this paper is easily found online). The JREF has also conducted tests of astrological claims for the $1 million prize with negative results each time. Also, I and some other skeptics are currently trying to test astrology at the moment (see my ‘Challenge to Astrologers’ video).

By: potatopopper

potatopopper — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:04:23 +0000

By fully controlled …
By fully controlled environment I mean where pregnant women can be exposed to constant specific magnetic fields and gravity until the children are born; then when they are older we can see if there is some common behavioral link between them. And the children would belong to different families and such.

Also, we would have to evaluate the possibility that constant exposure until a later age can also perhaps have an affect, possibly a different affect.

By: potatopopper

potatopopper — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:04:23 +0000

The problem is that …
The problem is that not one study has been done in a ‘fully controlled environment’, thus there are no valid results to begin with and the idea of gravity and magnetic fields affecting brain structure of a developing fetus is completely up in the air for research.

If you have a specific reference from which such a controlled environment was used and the results returned were negative I would love to have it. Then I can know for sure.

By: UncleFeedle

UncleFeedle — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:04:23 +0000

I don’t see how …
I don’t see how astrology can be defined as a theory since there is no verifiable evidence in support of it. I have asked astrologers repeatedly for evidence and none can provide or point to any. Instead, they expect skeptics to disprove it. Without hard evidence, astrology is little more than speculation. The idea that gravitational and magnetic fields affect personality could be determined scientifically, but since there are no positive results to begin with, there is nothing to investigate.

By: potatopopper

potatopopper — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:04:23 +0000

that needs to …
that needs to improved and changed upon. Right now it appeals too much to people to people’s imaginations and not enough with science, which it should be.

And this is the last comment I’m going to make unless you choose to make this a friendly intelligent and productive discussion, UncleFeedle, without just automatically bashing just because you may think it is the easy thing to do.

Your insight way too narrow-minded biased, even if you can’t realize it.

By: potatopopper

potatopopper — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:04:23 +0000

Look, I’m not here …
Look, I’m not here to argue. I’ve made my point and you can intelligently read my point for what it is or turn it into something its not and ignore anything that you might get out of what I said.

But I’ll reiterate my point. Anyone who umes that magnetism and gravity have no effect on a developing mind and thinks we shouldn’t evaluate such a possibility scientifically is being foolish.

I define astrology as a play (or theory) on psychology with backings in science of magnetism and gravity