Pseudoscience Debunked: Astrology
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- Опубликовано: 5 июл 2018
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It must be so annoying for professional Astronomers who, when asked about their profession, people mistake them for Astrologers
I wonder if there are any astronomers that believes in Astrology. I guess that'll be weird.
Shut up you know nothing
@@sifugurusensei Astrology would be like kindergarten to an astronomer
They used to be the same thing. Astrology still relies on astronomy. Astronomy still uses astrological terms.
Astrology is just an interpretation of astronomy. i
@@Plethorality Nope, not remotely connected. Just because astronomers call a constellation Pisces does not mean they believe the bunkum that astrologers say about it.
I don't believe in any of that astrology shit because I'm a Leo ... we're supposed to be skeptical!
Groucho Marxism And that is worthy of a sampler! Thank you for giving me the first laugh of the day!
I'm not Leo but I'm still skeptical
@@Ticklethealgorithm lol
lol…well, fancy seeing you here. it’s a small world after all…
boogie boogie boogie
Haha good one
i need to show this to my whole family lol, i was raised by conspiracy theorists and made to believe i was an alien
I-
I'm sorry
lmfao no shot
Damn that escalated quickly. I'm sorry to hear that though. Did you ask what planet you guys hail from and what's up with all the butt probing business? :) Good thing you saw through the nonsense!
People who genuinely believe in zodiac signs should be called “space racists”.
Yeah, that's a quote from Richard Dawkins, isn't it? A good one too.
@@SundaeRoast wait it is?
Anyone who's arguing against David on this topic seems to be incredibly biased.
Saying 'Get a real Astrologist to make a good Horoscope and you'll see' is so telling: If you've already paid an "expert", of course you'll believe in that bullshit, since otherwise you would have to admit being scammed and that's hard to do. Losing money is never fun, but as long as those people believe in it, it feels like their investment is not lost to them. It's the same with people who keep stocks way too long just because they attach the value of the initial commitment to a worthless piece of paper.
Zodiac is fake. How can stars that's millions of light years away determine my characterists. And stars had all shifted by now. When you read any charts, its all so vague, it could describe anybody.
@@sifugurusensei How about the Moon? Does it affect the tides? It is still far away from the earth yet it is know to affect the tides. Also, A full Moon for many people, have said that they are more emotional. I am sure you know that we are made up of 97 % water. It is good to explore what we don't understand.
@@astroseer moon's tides are cause by moon's gravitational pull and it's not light years away.
@@astroseer is that a scientific fact that most people are emotional at full moon. What is that like 70% of the people. And what is emotional? They get angry for no reasons or cry like a baby. And do they take notice of the moon phase as they are breaking down with tears. Last time I remembered getting emotional, I did not take notice of the moon phase. Astrology is a harmful cult.
@@astroseer Humans may be mostly water, but our mass is absolutely inconsequential as far as gravitational waves from the moon and sun are concerned. We dont get pulled from side to side as the Earth rotates because we barely weight a few pounds. The oceans weight billions of tonnes and therefore get slightly affected by the gravitational pull of close celestial bodies. I mean.. my god man, just because we have water in our bodies doesnt mean that gravity will have the same effect on us as it will on another massive body of water. Also, even if somebody did get super emotional during a full moon, how on Earth would you know if either a, theyre emotional simply due to mundane life events, b, they just found the full moon beautiful, and maybe theyre a bit more sensitive so they had an emotional experience while looking at said full moon, or c, they were literally, directly, forcibly affected by the full moon, and somehow the moon had some effect on their biochemistry, making them emotional. Its all ridiculous. Now while you couldnt prove, per se, that its NOT option c, you could gather what we know about from our modern, rational body of scientific knowledge and make a very, very, very good assumption that option c is HIGHLY doubtful to be the solution. as per Occam's Razor and a whole slew of other studies and understandings we have concerning gravity, psychology, chemistry, physics, etc, etc, etc. THen you'd realize that the odds of option C being correct are astronomically, pun intended, minute and unlikely... Holy shit is critical analysis a rare skill these days... sigh
Astrology is p much religion for people who aren’t religious but also can’t handle the idea that they’re irrelevant and the universe doesn’t care about them
Natal charts aren’t any better than normal horoscopes btw
Panic! At The Gulag, you nailed it on the head.
You miss the point and are being hypocrite. No astrology searcher is aiming to find his/her relevance more than you do. Searching for meaning in astrology is just a way (right or wrong) of trying to understand oneself and life events. I'm not saying is healthy or real, I believe people fall for astrology "explanations" in a state of spiritual vulnerability, as I made the mistake myself. But your arrogant claim sounds unfair, specially if you're accusing others of "trying to be special" as if that is a harmful or sinful desire that no one has.
Astrology is a game
Panic! At The Gulag if you really study it, you see that has nothing to do with the universe giving or not a shit about you.
@@HelennaRainhaDeTroia You make the pronouncement that "No astrology searcher..." on behalf of *all* your ilk presumably. Later you accuse someone else of being arrogant. Wow!!!
However one might choose to phrase the claims, there's simply no demonstrable correlation between the orientation of stars and planets at the moment a human separates from its mother's body and their subsequent behaviour or life events.
Ignorance of statistical analysis and various artifacts that may beg "special" interpretation does NOT equate to support of crackpot woo-woo theories.
Feel free to parse your tea leaves to your heart's content as long as you're not bilking some elderly woman of her last dollar.
puirYorick
Why the debunking skepticals don't disprove the statistical claims of astrology in detail? Astrology claims are based in empirical statistical observation of patterns, so it should be easy to disprove.
I'm simply adressing his claim by saying that no one aims to be special more than he does. In first place, "Wanting to be special" doesn't happen more with astrology than anything else really, that claim doesn't even make sense. Second, "Wanting to be special" shouldn't be a negative trait, for is a natural desire and highly subjective. And "wanting to be special" shouldn't be the mistake we point out in others to feel superior towards them because that is a contradiction in itself.
That's simply what I pointed out.
It's *OBVIOUS* I don't know every single astrology searcher to speak for all of them, but if you want scientific accuracy in every single sentence wich aims to make a point, it's exhausting to have a conversation!
David debunking this is such an Aquarius thing of him to do.
Aquarius isnt even aquarius, its capricorn
Aquarius is the sign of counter culture, so yes, David Pakman actually is your typical Aquarius.
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Just here to read the comments of the gullible people, mad at David.
@@VahnAeris You're a misguided fool if you believe everything is bs. There are things in this world that are true, surrounded by facts and evidence.
@@Sean-gk1xy Ironically astrology is actually pretty true because it works. Nobody who has thoroughly looked into astrology has debunked it. Studies like Carlson's tests have been shown to be flawed. These types of videos haven't dug deep and only look at it on a surface level.
@@nik8099 You are sooo right. Even astronomers think sun sign astrology at the local newsstand is classical astrology. Great astrologers study the heavens for years before they beome amazingly accurate overtime.
@@VahnAeris calm down, sunshine. just take a few deep breaths. it's gonna be okay
@@nik8099 Astrology works about as well as a car with no engine.
The Dalai Lama said that, if it were up to him, he would give each human being their own religion. A human being's 'belief', inner awareness, nobody can exactly know or even judge. Every human being needs and hopefully finds their own 'hot line' to the Infinite.
Agree.
As a youngster (parents bought for me) the horoscope lottery numbers picker didn't see my numbers come up...... all my faith in this instantly dashed forever and scepticism over pseudo sciences in various forms whilst developing love for true science and honesty.
Pretty good value to be able to find that out so early I guess.
My confusions solved, good job Mr. David keep up the good work!
It's shocking that there are still people in the World who believe in horoscopes/astrology.
GREAT VIDEO DAVID. HOPE WE GET MORE.
That was the smoothest segway to the sponsor ad. Well done.
I knew this scam was false when I looked at my older brother, my pops, and my own birth signs a few years back.
We all have extremely similar personalities such as bad tempers, stubborn, creative, intelligent, rebellious, dominant, etc but 2 out of 3 of us have “docile” birth signs that are the opposite of who we are.
My younger brother has the most masculine sign out of us all but he’s very mild tempered, passive, and persuadable like my mom who has the same sign as myself.
I see it as an easy money grab for the scammers that perpetuate this fraud and a pillow for the gullible that need some feel good confirmation based on nothin tangible.
No you’re supposed to look at your rising sun chart
Kamunu Odomankoma Same. I’m the opposite of what my horoscope says about me.
@@andtou1342It Is good to find out what horoscope you are using to determine this.
Look at the rest of your chart imbecile
This is my favourite of your videos. It has touches of Carl Sagan in it but your thoughts are your own. I love the blades of grass analogy.
Carll Sagan must have never studied astrology. Instead he debunked the non-astrology that promotes sun-sign astrology. If he had, he would have understood why he had such a hard time with women
Thank you for putting out this video!
Fucking awesome video! I have friends who get so upset and offended when I tell them how astrology is utter BS. They tell me that theres no reason to criticize it if I dont believe it... You just confirmed several reasons why its important to confront and criticize it.. especially when so many people I know dont just use astrology for fun, or entertainment, but truly believe it and let it influence important decisions and attitudes in their lives! Fucking a... that shit is absolutely dangerous.
I mean, this doesn't really need a debunking lol
You'd be surprised
There is a horoscope in every newspaper.... Don't think that because you don't believe it it means that no one does.
Look at the comments under his last debunking, a large part of David's YT audience is mildly retarded.
In fact until a few years ago I would have agreed with you but then the flat earth folks got a following. All of this irrational nonsense is lying dormant in our culture and just waiting to grow malignant. Magical thinking needs to get called out across the board.
it sadly does.
Astrology is NOT pseudoscience.
Pseudoscience needs to have at least some basis in science and fact, not just "belief".
There is nothing to debunk.
Uhh, what do you think astrology is basing their information off of? Lol
+Smartass012 LOL wut?
Also astrology is not about belief if you consult someone who has done classical astrology for 50 years.
Not to mention the blatant scientific, historic, and cultural illiteracy that exists within vedic astrology. -from a former believer.
Thank you David, I believe that is correct.
This must of pissed off a ton of 20-something year old white girls.
Try 35+
Watched, Enjoyed and Subbed.
next week david proves the moon isnt really made out of cheese.
😂😂
Nice review David....Thanks!
Us Cancers don't believe in astrology.
Us Taurus's dont either. I have 3 cancer friends that do though.
“The desire to be connected with the Cosmos reflects a profound reality. We are connected, not in the trivial ways that pseudosciences promise, but in the deepest ways. Our little planet is under the influence of a star. The sun warms us. It drives the weather. It sustains all living things. Four billion years ago, it brought forth life on Earth.” - Carl Sagan
You should know that Carl Sagan thought that sun sign astrology found at the local newstand is supposed to explain the real astrology of people. Sunsign astrology is totally not astrology. David I simply don't believe you have done your homework. There is a big difference between sidereal astrology and tropical astrology because the first one relates to the precession of the equinoxes but Tropical Astrology is not based on precession of the vernal point. For 40 years, I have studied astrology long before you were born, I have done over 18,000 charts and receive the gratitude and appreciation of my clients who have greatly benefitted from the knowledge of astrology and how much it has helped them. No one, in all my many years, has ever felt scammed. I f you wish to denounce my experiences and insights, you will need to read a great astronomer: Dr. Percy Seymour's book on "The Scientific Proof of Astrology."Also note that scientists claim that the heav3enly bodies are too far away to have any affect upon our lives, but they ignore the effect of the Moon upon the tides of the earth
Carl Sagan made the mistake in believing that real astrology was sun-sign astrology; you know---"what's my sign." He made no reference to the Sidereal Zodiac nor the Tropical Zodiac as his reference. Of course "Sun Sign Astrology" is not astrology. That's why it seems so amazingly blind that he took this to be astrology.This kind of astrology is not even a pseudoscience. Had he discovered the real astrology he would have found out why he had such difficult time with women .I believe he had Saturn on his Venus. This is not a good sense of self-worth for finding happiness in a relationship.
Probably the best "astrology debunking" video I've encountered. Good points. A couple points though: astrology is not a science, it's an interpretive art and a philosophy (metaphysics); astrology isn't causal (except in Ptolemy and a few other outliers), it's indicative or symbolic; yes, sun sign "horoscopes" are almost worthless, but this is not indicative of actual natal astrology, which takes a more holistic synthesis of the entire chart; astrology is based on the sympathy between the microcosm (man) and the macrocosm (the universe), which is an ancient Hermetic doctrine; granted, it is part of an antiquated (pre-Enlightenment) worldview, and that worldview is contingent upon an enchanted/ensouled cosmos - you either prescribe or you do not. As far as arrogance goes, I think it's colossally hubristic to look at the planets and stars in their cosmic dance and assume that they have no inherent meaning or purpose other than that which we deem fit to bestow upon them. I, personally, prefer the notion of celestial influence to the view that space is filled with dead stuff, set in motion by some natural law or other, merely to be measured and calculated. That, to me, is positivistic, materialistic, nihilistic arrogance.
Don't waste your energy by writing this here. People only believe what they wanna hear. These people will never understand the beauty of astrology, maybe it's their karma that they have to live this particular life as a skeptic.
8:12 wtf that is literally the hospital inside the university I go to lmao. that caught me so off guard
Let's begin this mini series with a fresh start.
Before this video, there was an astrology ad on this video😂😂
I've always been fascinated by astrology. I'm not proud to admit this, but I'm always checking out my charts. With that being said, though, one reason why I realize that it's irrational is because modern astrologers assign rulerships of recently discovered celestial bodies (like asteroids) according to the names they're given, which are often derived from Greek and Roman mythology. For example, the asteroid Juno, which was named after Jupiter's wife, is often astrologically associated with marriage and committed relationships. All names are arbitrarily given by someone. Would the same asteroid be associated with matrimony if it were named something else, like Tom or Jane?
Thank you, Professor Pakman
I'd like to write horoscopes. They're like long fortune-cookie furtunes.
“Nobody ever went broke UNDERESTIMATING the intelligence of the (American) public!”
What's my sign? Mostly C, for carbon.
You are a victim of sun sign astrology which claims you are one sign of the zodiac.
Of course the Sun is in a sign, Your Moon is in a signe, your Saturn is in a sign. your Venus tis in a sign, etc....
@@astroseer The Sun has a very different sign. H.
@@TurdFurgeson571 It depends on what time and date you were born to determine your sun's actual sign
@@astroseer No. It's mostly H. Some He I guess, and very little else.
David, this horse is so dead there's only bone fragments left.
Great!
David just got sick of spam emails for tarot card and astrology services
Random newspaper horoscopes are not the same as astrology so I don't understand why people keep using those in reference to try to disprove it
One can get better predictions by looking at their stools in the toilet then they would from astrology
do you know about "Manglik" concept in indian astrology. is it true?
It's sad that anyone still believes in astrology. We have the Internet and plenty of information on why astrology is totally false. There is no excuse to still believe in it.
That's because everyone seems to think astrology is just about their sun sign.
this is ridiculous because all of us consists of several signs, which is to say
"attitudes." this is the real astrology. Stay away from Sun Sign talk and search for the truth.
@@astroseerif u watch the video you’d see it talks about birth charts babe
Finally someone that recognises that real science is more entertaining than pseudoscience.
That is if scientists have never been known to make mistakes??
Shows you what a massive failure the educational system has been in the US
@@astroseer I dont think he mentioned anywhere in his comment that scientists have never made a mistake... Whats your point?
My daughters have taken to this . I trust they will find their ways out .
It bc of social media
what a libra thing to say david
Really appreciate your pseudoscience debunked videos man, I have so many friends who almost look down their nose at anyone who doesnt play along with this belief in astrology, numerology, crystals etc
1. Not sure I could agree that Astrology claims a causal link (between planets and events on earth) but perhaps the term "correlation" might be a more fitting descriptor.
2. Not sure that gravity is argued to be the influencing factor, assuming that the planets and their positions are causal (see point 1).
3. I'm pretty sure that there's a strong similarity between twins, even those who have different lives, behaviour or characteristics otherwise.
4. The test of using identical readings, which people might agree with, doesn't invalidate Astrology even it is has a similar effect. It's possible to achieve a similar effect in different ways.
5. Interpretive and subjective tests, such as profile readings as described in 4., are difficult to measure statistically. A better, more reliable, test would be to correctly state, with statistically significant confidence, the planetary positions of strangers.
Twins have shared genetics and upbringing, right? At least the far majority of the time.
so funny that the telegraph addressed virgos...
Easy to debunk astrology from lack of evidence. That is not the point. What is fascinating is how people believe or how they see something as evidence.
Astronomers are often guilty of "condemnation without investigation" which is not science.
Many years ago a great researcher proved astrology statistically. His name is Michael Gauquelin. A debunking scientific team known as PSYCOP
doctored their investigation to prove Gauquelin wrong but later had to admit that they had "cooked the books." Shameful indeed.
They used to say Americans are scary. Now after this video, I believe it.
God thank you for this 🙏🏽
What about the pseudoscience saying sex is a spectrum ignoring gametes snd chromasomes now corrupting science.?
You are under the misconception that gender labels and biological sex are interchangeable. I haven't heard of people who believe sex is binary.
My birth sign is Capricorn. I look like a billy-goat. With Virgo in the ascendant. I am not in a relationship. Two-nil for astrology.
Good to hear that Virgo's getting it up at long last.
It's shocking that there are still people in the World who believe in horoscopes 👀
Its shocking that there are still people in the world don't understand the difference between astrology and "horoscopes"
@@briankendallRyanandBrian Meh - they're both bunkum.
@@briankendallRyanandBrian different shaped turds from the same asshole
i guess i'm a fatalist. i believe everything is predetermined ever since the big bang only because i don't believe in randomness of variables. I just think the variable we attribute to be random are actually defined by thing we do not or can not figure out. for instance currently it's impossible to know both the speed and position of an electron and some other basic particles. i believe we will some day find a way to determine both speed and position based off of things we can't even imagine yet.
This is really, really well done. Comprehensive, informative, compelling, and delivered flawlessly. Congrats, David.
Flawless???
@@astroseer HAHAHA you've been mad under alot of comments you probably believe in pseudoscience
There's a few people that I would definitely bring back from the dead if I could buy Carl Sagan is probably the number one pick.
Not taking shit from no aquarius
Im a sagittarius. One of the defining traits of Sagittarius people is supposed to be super outdoorsy. I have Erythromelalgia which in layman's terms means even slight temperature increases make me break out in hot, painful burning rash (similar to a first degree burn except the pain comes from inside the body instead from the external skin). I wasn't even particularly outdoorsy before that. Lol.
-Sagittarius are also always described as adventurous. I'm mostly a home body.
-And described as spiritual/religious. I'm an atheist and skeptic.
-And energetic. Not at all.
-And enthusiastic. Hardly. I often look at my pet chasing a ball around and think, "I wish I were that excited by anything."
-And extroverted. HA. If I only saw other humans once a week, I'd be cool with that.
-And optimistic. No, more like a realist.
The only accurate characteristic that seems to be consistently mentioned is that I can outspoken but isn't everbody that way about something? David is right though, a lot of these horoscopes say totally contradictory things.
#AstrologyFail
Dana You only know your sun sign. There’s 12 other signs that make up who you are. If you wanna know more look up your birth chart.
PLEASE REALIZE THAT YOU ARE NOT JUST ONE SIGN. YOU ARE CONSTRUCTED PSYCHOLIGiCALLY BY MANY SIGNS THAT ARE STIMULATED BY THE PLANETS AND THEIR UNIQUE RELATIONSHIPS.
@@astroseer so just say we are ALL THE SIGNS. DAMN.
@@astroseer
In other words, as vague as possible so you can apply anything to anyone and claim it is true.
I’m a Taurus in Sun, Mercury and Rising. Scorpio in Moon, Jupiter and Pluto, Gemini in Venus, Pisces in Saturn, Capricorn in Uranus and Neptune, and Aries in Mars.
I have 5 earth (dominant element) 4 water (second dominant) 1 fire, 1 air placements. My dominant modality is fixed.
Because earth is my dominant element, I’m more pragmatic, grounded, predictable, earthly, laid back.
Having a dominant fixed modality I’m very ambitious determined persistent and powerful (in my own way and to a certain level)
Water being my second dominant element, I’m very emotional, deep, intuitive, and perceptive (from my Scorpio energy)
Im more of an ambivert. In between introvert and extrovert.
Everyone has a unique distinctive birth chart. So when I meet a person born under the same sign as me, we are the same to varying levels and/or to a degree but different nonetheless. No person of the same sign is actually the same 100% there are many different types as well as subtypes in every zodiac sign.
lol, tagging Nichole Huntsman
I recon id be good if all these astronomy people brought more attention to climate change
Debunking Flat Earth next?
my horoscope sign is dinosaur which one are you?
I think I'm Jellyfish. We're typically cute and blubbery but we have a sting in our tails.
How to become a millionaire without doing anything? Become a pseudoscience professor
Yet they earn more than you 🤡
@@chiggywiggy524 thats what i said. I am not a millionaire and neither a fraudster or a charlatan either
India is not in the Middle East 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
I lie about my birthdate and say im sagittarius.
Well that still wouldn't. be true. Since you are made up of several signs of the zodiac. What about your Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn, Moon, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto signs and how are they relating to each other. Oh...if you only knew.
@@astroseer it's all bs. Guess my rising sign. You can't because it's BS.
Let me talk about my experience with astrology - as a person that actually believed in it until last year but now questions it. I have to tell you, that for me, you gave the best explanation of how to debunk it. If you actually come across some of my old comments you can actually see how I actually lived by it.
I was always a very sensitive and intuitive person, however, I always loves science and questioning beliefs.
Astrology is indeed fatalistic and dangerous. People may actually do silly decisions based on it. End friendships, get in relationships with the wrong people, just based on "compatibility".
There is a supposed astrological configuration in my chart - venus and mars in the 12th house - that basically says that I would be only on abusive relationships and with men that would only be with me in the shadows. There were other things however I am telling this as an example.
For a long time I believed this, and let me tell you, it sabotages you, you start to assimilate that and think that is going to be your life. And Astrologers thrive on this, They try to use astrology as a way of "palpating" possible traumas and hardships in your life so that you are gullible to depend on them and give them more money for advice.
Eventually I started defying this (my scientific side that questions stuff) and just began to believe more in myself and to just focus in learning other kind of stuff instead of being closed in the "esoteric knowledge".
And let me tell you, I found someone that wants me for who I am, cares for me and does not give a crap in regards to showing that we are in a relationship. And supposedly we do not have the most compatible chart, however I love him from the depths of my heart.
Now imagine that I would just let myself be guided by some "supposed fate"?! I would have lost a wonderful person just because of that.
Do not be fooled - look, observe and think! Analyse your environment and always ask questions. Do not lose chances in your life in regards to friends, family, love and work just because of some random prediction. If you do that you will be free. Life is not easy for anyone, so do not let your supposed fate tear you down.
Sorry for the long text, I wanted to write, because I believe this may help some people.
Don't blame the ferrari just bcs your ass can't drive
What kind of astrology were you experiencing?? Astrology is not about belief. It should be about real evidence.
Props to you for being able to self reflect and challenge what you yourself believe
Vitamin D?
Thats not astrologie,
Millionaires don't use astrology Billionaires do. JP Morgan
Good luck with that 🙄
You can find some nice Astrology classes at Class-Central.com as well so you can decide for yourself instead of taking David's word for it. Was this entire video an ad? lol.
Sorry bro, but your debunking video about numerology was much better, this one instead fell short or lacked research to the point that it was really bad
Facts
Thanks for your insights, lol
El Mano Santa está cargado.
business is business, science is science!
First learn the difference between man and woman and then come lol your science can't even define what and who is a woman
Great video, but I disagree with your statement about the split between astrology and astronomy. That did not happen in the 18th century. Well, perhaps it did in Europe, but that's certainly not the case when including other parts of the world. I'm specifically referring to the Islamic world now.
They were great astronomers, and they called their research Ilm al Nujum; knowledge of the stars. They meant astronomy by that, and not astrology. Muslims rejected astrology, ever since the prophet of the Islamic religion rejected it, which was 1400 years ago, so not 200 years, as you claim in the video. Irregardless of how one feels about Islam or religion in general. The fact remains that within the Islamic world, it was not accepted that the stars influenced the lives of people. It's considered a type of blasphemy, as it involves a form of fortune-telling. During the life of Muhammad, people asked him about his thoughts regarding fortune tellers. He responded with: "Even if it comes true, they are still lying". So even when what they say comes true, it's nothing but a coincidence. Prophet Muhammad's only son died at an early age during a solar eclipse. The Arabs then said that the solar eclipse was a bad omen, and that the sun grieved for the son of Muhammad. Muhammad gathered the people and told them that the solar eclipse is an irrelevant event and does not occur in correlation to someone's birth or death, nor would celestial bodies grieve or rejoice for the lives of human beings. It is agreed upon among Islamic scholars that astrology is bogus. They mapped and tracked the stars, as any great society would do; but they did not invent fraudulent stories about people's lives based on that. Just wanted to point that out, especially since you said astrology originated in the middle east.
Lol me an my twin are extremely different he’s a bank teller and in a federal officer. Yet we have the same sign...
So you are saying that your Sun is in the same sign as his? Are your Moons in the same sign. How about your Mars? Is Jupiter in the same sign????
@@astroseermost like you, most Twins are only a couple minutes apart. I’m sure their moon, mercury, mars and venus is all the same. Only thing that may be different is the ascendant.
does it follow scientific principles? no? then is not a science.
And what is not science can never be true!
Capricorn: The stars are alarmed by your increasing consumption of chocolate chip ice cream, and advise you to try apples instead.Sagitarius or however it's spelled: You've stepped in something regrettable, wipe your shoes. Leo: Strong winds today, get your flowerpots off the windowsill. Virgo: The stars wish to remind you that you did not bother to vote in 2016, so deal with it. Aquarius: Tiger mosquitoes ruin your week. Gemini: The stars indicate that you're running low on milk, time to shop. The Other Signs: Watch the skies for portents and flying flowerpots.
It is proven to be right. Look up the mars effect. You don’t even understand how astrology works. You can tell you have 0 knowledge of the actual study of the subject
So many intelligent people o know, mainly women, somehow believe in this. It's baffling
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Cause it’s real
These days in order to be a psychoanalyst you don't need to be a doctor in medicine. As I ridicule astrology and its incursion into secular disciplines like psychology, psychiatry etc etc a passerby made a remark at me the other day --" He is a big doctor"
Actually a new astrology chamber has been opened in the locality. Time is ripe for intellectual paralysis during Modi era in India
David, I’m all for your questioning. I’m an artist, and am very sensitive to copyright issues. If you use other people’s videos in yours, or if you got them from their RUclips channel, it is good manners and ethical to reference that source in your film. Please add those acknowledgements to the videos otherwise you could open yourself to copyright infringement even if your goal is fair use.
10:28 no curve
perfect comment
It's just a religion for people that think talking snakes are unscientific. In the end it's all just people that don't want to accept they have no control of life and just want to be told what to do.
Why are more women than men believers in astrology?
Do you have any satistics to back this up
Savana Tang yup. There have been many studies done on this phenomenon. Gallup’s webpage is a good place to start.
U look scary like me sir. Must be a sign from the staaaaars! Lol.
Deep down we all know it’s just a generalization but it’s interesting. A wise man once said if you believe it then it will manifest and become true.
Ly Bandz “The wise man says almost nothing.”
youre wrong man.. Deep down, millions of individuals believe its actually a true, real, factual science, a true occurrence and causality... its scary shit. It needs to get debunked. It speaks volumes about our general scientific illiteracy in the wold.
@@two2truths ehh its a whole science that's survived centuries it would be foolish to disregard all the information
@@lybandz7146 it’s not science, at all, and so what if it’s millions of years old? Lol. For most of human history, people believed the earth was the centre of the universe as everything appears to go around us, does that make it true? Or worthy of consideration? Just because it was a ‘known fact’ for thousands of years? Same thing here, so what if astrology is old? What information does it pertain that makes it real and causal whatsoever?
@@two2truths it is not that it is old but still known and seen as a tool to piece the obseverable it just is...eat the fish throw away the bones.
AKTCHUALLY!!! No for real astrology is bunk, but there is a theory in quantum physics called Quantum Entanglement that posits all things in the Universe are interrelated on a quantum level, below the atomic level.
Most physicists (that I've either read about or whose books I've read) say this thesis can be used as a basis for FTL travel, instant communication, teleportation, etc. Fascinating stuff.
I'd like to cite Stephen Baxter as my primary source on quantum entanglement, but he's a hard sci-fi author and I dunno whether that puts him below the level of practicing physicists, but he has a double doctorate in astrophysics and quantum physics, so that's something.
If this interest you, David, I'd start with reading "The Time Ships", official sequel to H.G. Wells' "The Time Machine" :-)
This is wrong. Quantum Entanglement doesn't allow for faster than light communication.
lmao my girlfriend loves this stuff
Abandon ship
If she has a septum piercing, run for the hills lol
I can't believe this video needs to be made.
It's all just an ad. I don't know how people can't see that.
Oh it does need to be made, but would never be searched for by the people who need to hear it... and even if they did they are so far gone it would make no difference. Or they’re just too stupid to understand.
@@RandomVideos4Uit's called bias
My Horror Scope didn't predict the Trump election victory
No.But an accurate astrologer said that he would not win this election.
I’m a Taurus in Sun, Mercury and Rising. Scorpio in Moon, Jupiter and Pluto, Gemini in Venus, Pisces in Saturn, Capricorn in Uranus and Neptune, and Aries in Mars.
I have 5 earth (dominant element) 4 water (second dominant) 1 fire, 1 air placements. My dominant modality is fixed.
Because earth is my dominant element, I’m more pragmatic, grounded, predictable, earthly, laid back.
Having a dominant fixed modality I’m very ambitious determined persistent and powerful (in my own way and to a certain level)
Water being my second dominant element, I’m very emotional, deep, intuitive, and perceptive (from my Scorpio energy)
Im more of an ambivert. In between introvert and extrovert.
Everyone has a unique distinctive birth chart. So when I meet a person born under the same sign as me, we are the same to varying levels and/or to a degree but different nonetheless. No person of the same sign is actually the same 100% there are many different types as well as subtypes in every zodiac sign.
I'm a Capri Sun.
Your last sentence explains it perfectly, its all horseshit.
@@spicesmuggler2452like your life
You gotta read the non pc astrology it tells the truth.
Regular sites they go gentle and it just goes vague.
It's shocking that there are still people in the World who believe in horoscopes 👀
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Funny how none of the astrologers foresaw the Covid 19 pandemic coming.
A lot of people predicted a pandemic, that’s not special.
But there are those who see it as a new democracy. This conjunction has happened for 800 years. That is how rare this is. Aquarius is usually identified as "the people." so ti seems to be a new freedom for the people. It is interesting to note that the planet Pluto was in Aquarius during the American Revolution. It will be ther again in three or four years.
With most of these things, people believe it because they're motivated to. Creationism means their book gets to be true to the letter. But with this, astrology means you're not really you. That your personality isn't based on your own personal tastes, experiences, upbringing and heritage but instead upon the motions of gaseous and rocky balls millions of miles away. You didn't develop you, the stars did. How is that okay with you?
Also your description of self serving bias was a bit off. Close though. It sounds like this selfish thing but really it's the bias toward things that would benefit you. And yes that might include things that are flattering to you but not always. The original experiment had to do with coffee drinkers and their refusal to accept the perceived health risks. Researchers gave them reading material that said it was extremely dangerous. More so than previously thought. But don't worry, it was made up for the experiment. The coffee drinkers made excuses, rationalized and were highly skeptical of the study but the non coffee drinkers were willing to accept it. And for you clever people who are going to argue that they ended up being right, keep in mind the fake study had numbers that were meant to be based on real science along with medical terminology.
Why are atheists afraid of looking deeper into Astrology? Because then they will have to reconsider their worldview.
@@rodin2840 Why are astrologers afraid of looking deeper into astrology? When you do that it turns out that the stars aren't even in the same position they were thousands of years ago so your star sign might not even represent the actual stars. Also, when you look into it a little deeper, you discover that people who are given random horoscopes say it seems like it's meant for them even though it's not even their horoscope.
But sure I'll bite. So go ahead then. Give me your best thing that shows it's true. I'll look into as deeply as you want. I assume you'll do the same and look into all the reasons why people are skeptical of it. Would you like me to find you those links for you?
@@PaulTheSkeptic "Show me the evidence!" is the skeptics mantra.
But he truth of the subject matter must be judged based on ones direct experience with it .
According to the prevailing atheist-materialist paradigm, astrology can't be a science so therefore no further investigation is needed they feel. This is not science, but conclusions based on dogma. You can not trust the experts who don't investigate, is what it all boils down to.
The materialist paradigm assumes that the physical world is all there is, but this is only a belief and is not based on any empirical observations.
The atheists have lost sight of the higher realities. It’s quite meaningless to criticise a science that belongs to a different and more advanced paradigm than the one you are arguing from.
Lots of words little meaning
The assumption and belief are on your side. You baselessly believe there is more than matter and energy and you are the one who has no empirical observation to support his assertion whatsoever. Not to mention, there's a contradiction and obvious fallacy in expecting empirical observations of something that isn't within the materialistic physical world. There is no reason to assume there is more to the world than matter because no evidence has been or can be found to support the idea.
At last, the same argument you use can be used to prove the existence of every supernatural beings or phenomena in the history of mankind. I can say that like a fool you don't believe in vampires even though your conviction isn't rooted in any empirical observations, now what? Should you believe in vampires? Of course not.
@@ICreatedU1 When matching a persons life events against his birth chart we see a correlation.
I am speaking from my own experiences with Astrology. Astrology gives significantly much higher correlation than might occur through random chance. Learn and understand the topic before you criticise it. Quantum physics and consciousness is the bridge between science and spirituality. Implying that there is spirit behind the physical... which is the more advanced paradigm.
Oh okay, Dave, that wasn't one of your better debunkings. There had to have been a better way to debunk it other than drag up Caral Sagan's corpse. You explained that it didn't have an effect on our lives/ fates but you didn't why. At the heart of Astrology is the concept of "so above so below", the ancients used to use the stars as means to predict the change of the seasons, our whole calendar is built around that concept. It wasn't a far leap to believe that the stars can predict more than that. Astrology generally fell out of favor when it was discovered and accepted that the earth was not the center of the universe. Even then, recent studies have shown that the peculiar quirks we attribute to astrology fit the themes of happens to people when they are in the womb during what seasons.
I'm not saying that astrology isn't a Pseudoscience worthy of debunking, that rather your video came off like someone who already had preconceived notions about it and went from there. All I got from your video was, astrology is nonsensical because of gravity, this study i go through, and Caral Sagan.
Jonathan Daye Yeah this is really incomplete and shallow approach.
He should go deeper to criticize better.