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Old 07-May-2007, 10:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Robert Tulip View Post
I checked on Richard Tarnas’ comments on Uranus/Sun. His argument is that this aspect often occurs at birth of outstanding innovators. It would not be expected to happen more often than chance among the eminent astronomers and scientists analyzed here, unless it were established that innovation was a feature of this group.
If it's just "outstanding innovators" that's described, why limit it to astronomers? What about (to pick a name out of my area of expertise) Shakespeare, arguably one of the greatest innovators in the English language? What about Miguel de Cervantes? Sir Francis Drake? (Can you tell what time period I've studied?)

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Thank you for the correction on my trend analysis, which as you have shown is not significant. It shows my statistics is a bit rusty. The underlying intention was that a bigger sample and longer time series would enable comparison of frequencies of specific aspects by decade, with potential to identify any trends.
Can I just thank you for your willingness to take criticism and suggestions? You are a refreshing change around here.
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