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Bill Nye on Astrology

Posted by carl on Jun 11, 2010

Bill Nye on Astrology from his show the Eye of Nye

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25 Comments »

gamerman2360:

Oh, I can feel positive energy coming from one of Jupiter’s moons. Time to buy some real estate.

May 25th, 2010 | 3:02 am
captain150:

@vaughnbogert Educate ourselves about astrology? Is that like educating ourselves about the One True Religion, that of the Flying Spaghetti Monster?

PROTIP; to be educated in something, that something has to be a body of knowledge, not a bunch of bullshit.

May 25th, 2010 | 3:28 am
AquaB1u3:

The dude is outgoing & hilarous, nothing like a Scorpio.
I’m a Scorpio 11/15

May 25th, 2010 | 10:16 am
DonYuJuana:

“Millionaires don’t use Astrology, billionaires do.”
— J. P. Morgan

Nye is just a nay saying shill.

May 25th, 2010 | 5:18 pm
burnhippiesforfuel:

i had a reading from a friend’s mom that tried to take the discrepancies into account. at least she put the extra effort into the bullshit.

May 29th, 2010 | 1:27 pm
iyasaekki:

“Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy: the mad daughter of a wise mother.”
—Voltaire

May 30th, 2010 | 4:59 am
Octoberskylight:

well 24,000 years you’ll be back to what you used to be maybe. good luck seeing it. :P

May 30th, 2010 | 2:27 pm
jordanmarcus:

well without a doubt the alignment of the planets do have significance on what happens on earth. I mean the moon alone has a big influence, controlling the tides of the ocean, and dont forget our bodies are made up of mostly water. And you can look at the police statistics of full moons for further evidence. as a matter of fact, the words “lunatic” and “martial” have astrological origins.

June 1st, 2010 | 5:20 am
ebrobaru:

@jordanmarcus The moon influencing behaivor is an urban legend. Yes it affects tides, and even the solid ground on earth. The planets though are hundreds, thousands and tenths of thousands times farther away. Hence their effects are negligible.

June 1st, 2010 | 11:43 pm
GCBiggles:

@jordanmarcus
Ummmm….it also means there is more LIGHT at night to do things.
If battle, crime (and arrests) increase during a full moon, doesn’t it occur to people that criminals can SEE better during a full moon? And if that criminal is chased through an alleyway, he’s less likely to get away because the police can see better in moonlight.

This is one of the biggest “duh, no kidding”s in all mankind. But we love mystique and despise people who take it away with rational thought.

June 2nd, 2010 | 2:02 am
jordanmarcus:

@ebrobaru im just pointing out how the stars have always been linked to the human experience. urban legend or not, ive met police who BELIEVE the full moon has an effect on ppl. Why are they wrong? because astrology doesnt hold up to the scientific method? many abstract concepts such as love or poetry wont either, im jus sayin basing your beliefs on the scientific methods limited analysis is jus crazy to me

June 2nd, 2010 | 3:23 am
jordanmarcus:

@GCBiggles concepts of a mystical, meta-physical, or spiritual nature will never be fully grasped by your “rational thought”. .Macrocosmos is the same as microcosmos. great “thinkers” such as albert einstein and carl jung surely didnt dismiss astrology as useless

June 2nd, 2010 | 3:30 am
Remagoen:

@jordanmarcus

Martial doesn’t have astrological origins. Mars was named after the Roman god of war, Mars, which is where we get the word from.

June 2nd, 2010 | 12:26 pm
ebrobaru:

@jordanmarcus policemen are people just like you and me. And they are also subject to beliefs, rational or not, just like anybody else. They are wrong in this case, because they are assuming something, and they think it is the truth. If they did a little further invesitigation (no pun intended), they would realize that they were wrong with the facts.

June 2nd, 2010 | 5:26 pm
jordanmarcus:

@Remagoen ancient roman mythology is absolutely astrological in origin my friend, which was my point to begin with.

June 2nd, 2010 | 10:40 pm
jordanmarcus:

@ebrobaru point taken. your rationality prevails yet again. but don’t you ever think that sometimes reality is indeed stranger than fiction? cant lifes mysteries prove to be irrational at times?

June 2nd, 2010 | 10:49 pm
ebrobaru:

@jordanmarcus I agree completely that truth is often stranger than fiction. That is why we really don´t need all these semi-truths and myths.

June 3rd, 2010 | 10:43 am
jordanmarcus:

@ebrobaru i respect that view point, because the search for truth is what i believe will lead to universal love. but in my opinion some of these “half-truths and myths” are all we have to express some kind of comprehension of the , as of now, incomprehensible. symbolism, synchronicity, and archetypical analysis are all the offspring of astrology. maybe they arent “needed” per say, but i dont see astrology as dangerous or useless. i see it in a positive light.

June 3rd, 2010 | 8:32 pm
GCBiggles:

@jordanmarcus “spiritual nature will never be fully grasped by your “rational thought”

Yeah right. Let’s dispense with that big old nasty rational thought. The same rational thought that supplied you with the computer you are now using to post messages. Those “meta-physical” electrons responding to your key-presses were never told by you that it’s more important to just believe in the spirit of the key-press.
Viva spiritualism! But unplug your computer first…

June 3rd, 2010 | 10:38 pm
ebrobaru:

@jordanmarcus it´s harmless as long as it is seen as pure entertainment. Of course it´s a multimillion dollar business. However, there are many many people that believe in it as a fact, and plan their days around it. And many charlatans that take advantage of these gullible people.

June 3rd, 2010 | 11:57 pm
nabeel1988:

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June 7th, 2010 | 6:04 am
Fantageous:

touche!

June 8th, 2010 | 1:42 pm
sprinkle888:

Astrology is not of God according to Isaiah chapter 47 verses 12 to 15 Isa 47:13 “You are wearied with your many counsels; Let now the astrologers, Those who prophesy by the stars, Those who predict by the new moons, Stand up and save you from what will come upon you. Isa 47:14 “Behold, they have become like stubble, Fire burns them; They cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame; There will be no coal to warm by Nor a fire to sit before!

June 9th, 2010 | 12:03 am
piccorotto:

@jordanmarcus Einstein believed astroNOMY was an incredibly useful field, not astroLOGY. And the context of that belief was not based in any mystic jibber jabber. Jung… was a psychologist? Living in a time when modern psychology was still being born? It doesn’t strike me as proof of astrology’s credibility that such a person looked into it, no more than any modern day scientist who still holds to religious beliefs.

June 10th, 2010 | 4:53 pm
lijluvr356:

Am I the only one here who thought that cough at the end was absolutely priceless? XDD

June 10th, 2010 | 11:01 pm
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