Post by Eva Yojimbo on Jun 6, 2020 1:33:52 GMT
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? 
Fair point, though, about working within the parameters of the OP, but if I were to start a thread called "animal or vegetable" and offered "doorknob" as an example, I don't know how you could argue it was either. It's simply NOT either. But, OK, if you're going to force me to make a choice between astrology being science or art, I'd say art because it's far more about imagination than making any rational conclusions based on empiricism. In the end, what the people who write horoscopes or make up "personality profiles" are doing is just using their imagination, which is far more in the realm of art.