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Debunking astrological claims

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1Toolroomtrustee
Août 9, 2013, 3:38 pm

Can anyone recommend a systematic critique of astrology? I have Astrology: True or False? but in my opinion the authors gave way too much historical background and not enough technical objections.

Bad Astronomy is more readable, and I visit Phil's blog regularly, but I was wondering if there were other sources as well, especially those aimed at a teen audience. Astrology seems to be the form of pseudo-science young people are the most susceptible to, even those that have a genuine interest in learning science.

2guido47
Août 9, 2013, 10:22 pm

Paranormal Borderlands of Science has only one chapter on Astrology (4 articles) but has a good (though quite dated) list of references. The book was published in 1981. But I suspect there isn't much 'Modern Research' happening in Astrology. And how many different ways can you debunk Astrology. You could use some other topics in the book eg. 'Cold Reading', as a hook for young people :-)

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