Bill Nye on Astrology

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Bill Nye on Astrology from his show the Eye of Nye

Channel: Howto & Style
Uploaded: October 18, 2006 at 6:04 am
Author: mcspewak

Length: 00:01:17
Rating: 4.60
Views: 188927

Tags: Astrology Science Eye of Nye

Video Comments:
zzytrewq (September 6, 2008 at 5:03 am)
Bibles are real, they are merely books. They contain numerous myths.

Ghosts are myths and exist in the minds of people.

As for Astrology Rules:
Rule 1 - Astrologers can't agree on the rules
Rule 2 - Slag science as a distraction
Rule 3 - Misquote famous people
Rule 4 - Avoid real supporting evidence
Rule 5 - Get personal when cornered
Rule 6 - See rules 1-5
zzytrewq (September 6, 2008 at 4:59 am)
You keep wanting to push the debate into an area of irrelevance; astrology is the topic here but you want to put science on trial because of some deep seated issues with the way mental health is addressed. Say what?!

Find another site deveoted to mental health and how it can be cured with astrology or whatever you believe.

If you want to debate whether astrology works, hang around and supply evidence in scientific terms. It really is that simple. Sidetracking the issue...cluck cluck.
Simulationcity (September 5, 2008 at 11:52 pm)
He was right about Babylon.
crazykb (September 5, 2008 at 9:49 pm)
Cool. Reason, science and pot. Do you really need anything else in life?
DantehMan (September 5, 2008 at 8:34 pm)
Oh please, what an argument. How can you not see that an archaic and unsupportable form of guessing people's futures and personalities based on the positioning of dots in the night sky is perfectly reasonable?

P.S., I'm just being sarcastic and I agree with you, astrology is silly. By the way, I LOVE Bill Nye.
crazykb (September 5, 2008 at 6:46 pm)
When looking at the BS behind astrology I can't help but be reminded of the famous quote: "there is a sucker born every minute".
crazykb (September 5, 2008 at 6:44 pm)
Great comment p101James! Have any other useless comments that you would like to throw my way?
celticshiva (September 5, 2008 at 6:27 pm)
Most predictive and personality work is done through a sidreal system, which does take into account the wobbling of the planet. Additionally, the sun's position is only one factor in these charts. All of the planets within the asteroid belt (going out as far as saturn) are used in these as well. (The outer planets are sometimes also used, but they don't vary much by people in teh same generation.)

Again, I can't speak for the validity of astrology, just pointing out there is more thanonetype
celticshiva (September 5, 2008 at 6:26 pm)
I won't debate the validity of astrology as a whole, but I just want to point out that this video debunks only the most popular type of astrology, tropical astrology (that's the type most newpapers use in their 'daily horoscopes).

[Adding another post 'cause it goes overlimit.]
camij79 (September 5, 2008 at 3:37 pm)
Proof of science is simplistic - hard evidence or death. What happens to all those fields of human experience that do not conform but still pay well - my experience being mental health - many theories, inconclusive with many variables - if you have the right qualifications - very lucrative - and no hard science to back it.