>
> Ed Weick wrote:
> > I guess bad sociology is bad sociology, but I find the question of what
role
> > astrology continues to play in our lives an interesting one. My wife is
> > well educated, but continues to read her horoscope (and mine) with more
than
> > passing interest. My ex-son-in-law earned some of his income by hanging
> > around a coffee shop and reading Tarot cards for people. He had quite a
few
> > clients. I don't know if this is the kind of thing the lady wrote
about,
> > but we cannot really dismiss the role that things arcane continue to
play in
> > our lives.
>
> Her thesis -- full of typographic & scientific mistakes -- has the purpose
> of establishing astrology as a "scientific" discipline -- i.e. to turn the
> clock back by 335 years. However, Teissier's style, assertions and
> "evidence" are as absurdly wrong as her esoterical "predictions".
> E.g., in December 1998, Teissier predicted (based on a Nostradamus verse)
> an apocalyptic event ("possibly an UFO visit") for 11th August 1999, and
> announced she would quit her job if no such event would happen. The
> predicted event didn't happen, but she continued nonetheless, with even
> more absurd "predictions" for Y2K. Needless to say, French scientists
> have analyzed her track record of annual predictions of airplane accidents
> and such, and found that Teissier was no more correct than throwing a dice
> (although she usually makes very vague predictions in order to not be
_too_
> obviously wrong).
>
> Chris
>
Chris, thanks. It really does sound like a very bad show at the Sorbonne.
Ed
