It's in the "stars" (predicting by astrology and other means)

[Galen]

(09-21-2016, 02:49 AM)taramarie Wrote:

(09-21-2016, 02:28 AM)Galen Wrote:

(09-21-2016, 02:15 AM)taramarie Wrote:

(09-21-2016, 02:10 AM)Galen Wrote:

(09-21-2016, 01:34 AM)taramarie Wrote: Nasa changed our zodiac signs. What does our resident astrologist say to this?

New Zodiac sign

Its not that hard to figure out.  They will just make some new shit up just like when new planets were discovered.

Or dismiss it to save face. Or in Eric's case he will just ignore it and carry on like he does with everything else.

I suggest that you think of him as an Electric Monk.

How interesting. The author is also a boomer born 1952 from England. The perfect description of idiotic and ludicrous thought. However anyone can think that of any belief system that contradicts with their belief system. On the other hand a cat is a cat, a dog is a dog. Certain things are just the way they are. Science can explain why (most) things are the way they are physically. But to believe blindly without question or evidence is madness. People make up stuff. It is our duty to question it from a logical standpoint. I question how physical bodies billions of miles away can physically influence cycles on earth as he seems to imply. That does not make any sense to me whatsoever.

Exactly, Boomers in general and Eric the Obtuse in particular tend to have answers but no questions.  Scientific knowledge can explain the known.  Science is the tool that allows us to gather knew knowledge.  The more complex the system the less that can be known about it which is why science is not a matter of consensus and is never truly settled.  Newton's Laws are in fact not completely true but they are good enough for most situations and are relatively easy to work with so we still use them.  One man with evidence is sufficient to overturn any theory.

Only through uncertainty can understanding come.  People who are the most certain tend to make the most spectacular disasters.  Eric the Obtuse is very certain which explains his spectacular screw ups.
 
Douglas Adams truly had a gift for capturing the absurdity of modern society along with the human condition.