Post by gameboy on Jun 5, 2020 16:05:32 GMT
I'm not confusing anything. I know astrology is bunk. We're only choosing between two options here. The Babylonians treated astrology as a science. You seem to be saying it's only science if it's correct. Many scientific theories even under current standards are proven wrong. Are they no longer science?
The Babylonians were wrong, simple as that. Saying "X is science" when X has only ever been debunked by science (never supported) is a rather bizarre usage of the term, as generally the people who believe in astrology would only call it "science" if they think/believe science actually supports/proves it. All of our current theories have scientific support right now, meaning that they've been subject to rigorous empirical testing. If we manage to make some new discovery or discoveries that cast doubt on those theories and/or find another theory that is able to explain what the current theories cannot, then it's fine to still consider those debunked things science; but astrology never even had that initial rigorous empirical testing to begin with. Same as with something like phlogiston. It's not science if a hypothesis makes no unique predictions and if those predictions are never rigorously tested.
Not really 
But my point is that the famous Zen koan the sound of one hand clapping is illogical, is it not? <<< [LGBT eyes]
Lady, this great thread has parameters. The OP knew there would be many jackasses protesting with a lisp "Astrology is neither a Science or an Art!!! It's 'toooooooopid!!!" That's not the f*****g point!!!
You were asked to choose between the two. Astrology is more a science because it has rules based on observation, the movement of the planets. So I suppose if you're not a complete jackass who refuses to work within the OP's parameters, you're saying Astrology is an art?
Can you support your theory as I supported mine? 