It isn't like there aren't plenty of deluded thinkers in this world, who cling to far more dangerous belief systems--like believing in the American political process, for instance--than astrology.

You are completely right, Hecate. There are sooo many. A wonderful book from last year called The Great Derangement, Matt Taibbi, describes two major camps of delusion -- the camp of the "(-11 Truthers" and the gyrations of certain extreme Christian sects in Texas.

The American political process, however, is not delusory, just flawed.

Astrology? Well, it is an intricate system of pseudo metrics, but I am skeptical, never having seen a serious study of correlations that could be called empirical, or even predictable in terms of individual affect or prognosis. But perhaps I just haven't done enough homework? I kinda doubt that the disposition of large bodies of matter far, far away is going to be a key configuration in the formation of individuality, though.


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