Does “fucked off” mean “pissed off” in some vernacular? Not sure I’ve seen/heard that before.
I wonder what kind of person calls themselves a “world class expert” in astrology.
The stars of the profession?
People you shouldn’t trust.
Probably exactly the kind you’d expect.
You know, I’m something of a galaxy-class expert astrologist myself.
Oh yeah? Well I’m a universe-class master astrologer, third degree.
People with planet sized egos?
Looks like technically any of us can.
Nah, you can’t reason someone out of a belief they weren’t reasoned into.
I wonder if there is some benefit from the clients interpretation of the reading, even though the reading itself is nonsense. In the same way someone can flip a coin to help you make a decision, and you realise from your gut reaction what you actually wanted to do all along, but weren’t consciously aware of
this is definitely the answer, and i don’t get why people are so aggressive about shitting on people who just want a bit of fake mysticism in their lives. literally not hurting anyone to look at the stars and feel stuff
yeah and don’t forget the placebo effect
“today’s gonna be a good day for you”
Here is a clip of James Randi doing the ‘individualized’ horoscopes for a room full of people. I think this is the experiment mentioned in the image.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3Dp2Zqk8vHw&pp=ygUVamFtZXMgcmFuZGkgYXN0cm9sb2d5
Your allowed to say “fucked” on the internet
“B******” however is strictly forbidden.
Bananas?
Boufles
Boredom?
Bonking?
Between?
butthead >:)
Ballsack
Baccarat 🤮
I thought it might come under “Keep it civil” :)
Also “no unnecessary negativity”?
Astrologers fucking off would be a big enough positive to justify the profanity.
We’re all adults here, the context is perfectly civil in my book. Never censor yourself, you’re not a newspaper subject to broadcasting regulations. If you want to be profane then go fucking nuts!
They will interpret these results in the manner that seems best to them:-).
You’d think they would have seen that coming
I jokingly trolled an astrology forum that were giving their predictions for 2020 with “hindsight is 2020”
Astrology is so stupid! That’s why I only practice geomancy, the true divination art.
Geomancy is just applied numerology.
I think that’s another name for earthbending
And physics is just applied maths. I feel like the number lobby is trying to sell us more numbers.
That’s how we’ll eventually run out of numbers. And then what? Sell some imaginary ones?
Hey kid, wanna buy a square root of minus one? It fucks you uppppp
It really does
I don’t know. There’s an awful lot of numbers out there.
Leaving this here XKCD.
I think it might be closer to applied Sacred Geometry.
Even more interesting: take the test yourself!
What on earth does this mean? I’m not a world-class expert in mathology but I’ve never seen this kind of relative comparison before.
None of the 152 people in the trial correctly guessed correctly on more than 5 profiles, out of the 12 profiles they were given.
Well I suppose what they’re saying is no response had a success rate equal to or greater than fifty percent, but yeah it’s not exactly reported academically.
Because astrology is something that lends itself to clear academic reporting?
It’s time that somebody clears up with that mess, seriously.
my zodiac sign is Barnum effect
I’m a Cordova
Is your leather fine, rich or soft?
Wait… they gave all the participants the same reading? So all of their conclusions are based on the reading of a single person, which may or may not be accurately represented?
I’m not one for astrology, but this seems like r/atheism level science glazing for a fairly unscientific analysis.
That was a separate experiment.
Ah I see, there were 12 readings. My mistake.