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Old 09-April-2008, 06:26 AM
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Default Re: Astronomical History

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Originally Posted by Van Rijn View Post
Right, it's Dutch Redux. This is a subjective determination of what is a match and looking for things to fit the dates. The "Bible Code" stuff is another similar example, where people look for supposed hidden messages in oodles of text.
Agreed. It's another "Dutch" treat.

It becomes apparent in these lengthy posts by Mr. Tulip that numerology can be split into two applicable branches:

1. Numerical pareidolia (seeing patterns in groups of numbers that aren't there)

2. Historical pareidolia (seeing patterns in historical dates that aren't there)

On the other hand astrology should not be split into branches. Instead it just needs to be cut down, ground into sawdust and recycled into something useful, which is what Phil does in his article "Astrology = Garbage".
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