01-14-2011, 09:28 AM
fredv3b Wrote:At the same time there was no evidence that the earth was not round it was an open question, the lack of disproof is not proof.
Not that I take the zodiacal signs all that seriously myself, but so far there is no factual evidence that astrology doesn't have an effect on individual personality types. Indeed, if one were to analyze it scientifically, one could make a legitimate argument that the positioning of the earth in respect to various star clusters or some other unknown variable could indeed have an effect on human behavior much like the moon in its phases does. Chaos theory isn't just a matter of butterflies and hurricanes. It also extends to astronomical bodies, their gravitons, quarks, gluons, neutrinoes, photons, and other such particles. How do we know? Hypothetically speaking, your argument thus far would be the equivalent of a sailor's afraid of falling off the edge of the world because the shape of the world hasn't been proven yet. You disregard things because there is no evidence that supports it, though there is no evidence to deny it either. I don't see how your adherence to "fact" is any more valid than another person's argument. You might consider the fact that the human race is still vastly ignorant of the various functioning of the Universe. Hell, we haven't even proved a unifying theory of physics.