[lbo-talk] science, objectivity, truth, taste and tolerance

jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net
Mon Oct 2 16:07:49 PDT 2006


On 2 Oct 2006 at 11:00, ravi wrote:


> c) How do you define "superior"? Do you really think that astronomy is
> superior to astrology (for explaining the nature of the universe) in
> every sense? How do you expect to demonstrate that conclusively?

What does astrology have to do with explaining the nature of the universe? What does it have to do with explaining anything at all? This is like asking if reading tea leaves explains the nature of botany.

John Thornton



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