Terrestrial
Aug 9, 2017 · 1 min read

Modern astrology is one of the most extreme forms of grabastic pattern searching to ever exist. “Understanding” astrology means that you are willing to lie to yourself and others in order to search for and draw connections between coincidences to either explain a narrative that wouldn’t otherwise exist, or shoehorn your delusions into current events.

Astrology was once a primitive form of astronomy, before we understood astronomy. If you truly understood astrology, you would acknowledge that it was an early and flawed attempt at making sense of the stars and then shake your head in disappointment at anyone who clings to it as some sort of “lost art” wrapped up in their comforting blanket of pseudo-science.

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