source file: mills2.txt Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 12:32:35 -0800 Subject: Re: Astrology and Sagan From: "Jo A. Hainline" On Mon, 17 Mar 1997, Brian Belet wrote: > On Mon, 17 Mar 1997 18:46:44 -0800 Gary Morrison said: > > . . . because the best model of the Universe we know has > >nothing in the slightest to do with Astrology. But I certainly won't rule > >out the possibility categorically. > > The first quoted phrase is true and sensible. There is no need, however, > to hold out via the final sentence. Astrology is mumbo-jumbo, it has nothing > to do with any reality: science, music, our tunings, etc. The ancient > attempts at detecting a true Music of the Spheres was flawed due to its > basic assumptions, which were based on fabled common belief rather than > demonstrated proof of reality. > -- Brian Belet > There is probably not a police department in the world that would not attest to the fact that at the time of the full moon that crime and unusual behavior are more prevalent and yet I am unaware of any "scientific" explanation of the "fact". We should not so categorically dismiss ancient understandings of things, IMHO ;). Bruce Kanzelmeyer Received: from ns.ezh.nl [137.174.112.59] by vbv40.ezh.nl with SMTP-OpenVMS via TCP/IP; Wed, 19 Mar 1997 01:17 +0100 Received: by ns.ezh.nl; (5.65v3.2/1.3/10May95) id AA05211; Wed, 19 Mar 1997 00:19:27 +0100 Received: from ella.mills.edu by ns (smtpxd); id XA16639 Received: from by ella.mills.edu via SMTP (940816.SGI.8.6.9/930416.SGI) id PAA16733; Tue, 18 Mar 1997 15:15:06 -0800 Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 15:15:06 -0800 Message-Id: Errors-To: madole@mills.edu Reply-To: tuning@ella.mills.edu Originator: tuning@eartha.mills.edu Sender: tuning@ella.mills.edu