me: >> to test astrology's validity, I'll tell you all the details about my >> life (except my birthday and related) and you tell me when I was born.
Shane: > Astrologers don't do that sort of stage-magic trick. Anyway, a sample of > one has very limited statistical significance (nor am I, though literate, a > competent astrologer). it's not a stage trick. If astrology can crank out "predictions" (vague that they are) about X (the stars) causing Y (my life), then they should be able to predict X based on Y. A chemist can tell pretty well what chemicals were involved just by looking at the nature of the reaction, for example. -- Jim Devine / "If heart-aches were commercials, we'd all be on TV." -- John Prine _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
