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Jan. 14th, 2011
i just love it when...
Jan. 14th, 2011 12:59 pm...astrologers are getting together (virtually speaking) to claim that an astronomer pointing out how much of a scam astrology is, is itself a scam.
i especially love how they claim modern astrology began with Ptolemy (who was probably the most observant *astronomer* the classical world had, even if he did have a few daft conclusions here and there) and yet it is a "seasons" based astrology and not a *stars* based astrology. That's for those *other* astrologers.
sorry, but any last credence in astrology i could have possibly had disappeared when Rupert was discovered.
and most of my respect for some astronomers also disappeared when they totally failed to name it Rupert when it was found.
i especially love how they claim modern astrology began with Ptolemy (who was probably the most observant *astronomer* the classical world had, even if he did have a few daft conclusions here and there) and yet it is a "seasons" based astrology and not a *stars* based astrology. That's for those *other* astrologers.
sorry, but any last credence in astrology i could have possibly had disappeared when Rupert was discovered.
and most of my respect for some astronomers also disappeared when they totally failed to name it Rupert when it was found.