When crackpots collide ...

[Alareth]

So last night I'm listening to C2C and George is talking to a Dr Turi how is appaerently there to pimp his astrology software.

Then something happened that struck me as extremely funny. A woman calls in and asks him if his astrological readings factor in Planet X, and if they don't, how can they be accurate?

The good Doctor sidestepped and danced around any real answer, spouting a stream of metaphysical mumbo jumbo.

As I said, the whole exchange left me laughing. I had never even considered the juxtaposition of Planet X and Astrology.

 

[Slimething]

So, there is a Planet X? I've got to be more careful when answering JREF polls!

 

[Solus]

A slick con-artist could start a new thread in astrology claiming that his readings factor in "unknown planetary bodies".

 

[Zep]

To which the obvious question would be: WHICH "unknown planetary bodies" would they be?

 

[gtc]

To which the obvious question would be: WHICH "unknown planetary bodies" would they be?

All of them. That's how good he is.

 

[trvlr2]

Zep=Maybe the known unknowns and or the unknown unknowns!

 

[Hapexamendios]

Dr Turi has done an Astropsychological profile(!) of Sylvia Browne.

In the same article, he expresses a wish to take Mr Randi's MDC; I can't find anything on JREF about this, perhaps not surprisingly given his statement: "I am not ready to commit career suicide".....

 

[Mojo]

To which the obvious question would be: WHICH "unknown planetary bodies" would they be?

The ones the locations of which have been ascertained by looking at the discrepancies between the results of astrology based on the known planetary bodies and the real world.