[extropy-chat] against ID

[Samantha Atkins]

On Dec 8, 2005, at 12:05 PM, Damien Broderick wrote:

> At 02:35 PM 12/8/2005 -0500, gts wrote:
>
>>> But what is your objection to examining astrology as an  
>>> explanation for
>>> human personality?
>>
>> None, technically. My use of language here is evolving. Astrology  
>> should
>> be rejected as science because it doesn't explain or predict  
>> anything.
>
> Astrology *doesn't predict anything*???


It doesn't *successfully* predict anything beyond what can be  
predicted without it.

- s