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Astrology

Name: Astrology
Creator: Carlson, S.
Keywords: 0301 basic medicine, 03 medical and health sciences, Double-Blind Method, Fraud, Statistics as Topic, 05 social sciences, 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences, History, 20th Century, Astrology, History, Ancient

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Apr 1988Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Experientia, volume 44, pages 290-297 (issn: 0014-4754, eissn: 1420-9071,

Authors: Carlson, S.;

doi: 10.1007/bf01961265

pmid: 3282904

Astrology

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Abstract

As a divinatory practice, astrology is without equal in both its colorful history and modern day popularity. Astrology has grown, over thousands of years, into a huge and ornate superstructure that lacks a central design. Although astrology has been dimly veiled by its occult mystique for centuries, the light of modern day inquiry has shown its substance to be mostly illusionary and revealed its foundation to be the shakiest possible: that of self-justification and anecdotal evidence. Despite the many claims of its practitioners and followers, extensive investigation has revealed astrology to be a great teetering monument to human gullibility.

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Double-Blind Method, Fraud, Statistics as Topic, History, 20th Century, Astrology, History, Ancient

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