>This weekend I was with a group of people and one brought up astrology as
>an example of foolish beliefs. Soon though, everyone else was trading
>stories of how such-and-such was a Scorpio and wasn't that just like a
>Scorpio to act that way, or how everyone of a given sign seemed to have
>this certain trait, etc. 7 out of 8 at the table had adopted an illogical
>system of understanding personalities (but not the future, at this table
>at least) and were using that system because it gave useful results for
>them. It was a logical choice based on results. Does that make astrology
>logical?
Categorizing peoples' traits according to astrological sign seems even
less useful than pigeonholing people according to race. This group might
think they understand personalities but I bet they are mistaken.
-- David McFadzean david@lucifer.com Memetic Engineer http://www.lucifer.com/~david/ Church of Virus http://www.lucifer.com/virus/