[Noisebridge-discuss] [hackerspaces] lunar calendar recommendations?

Wed Dec 28 00:38:28 UTC 2011

Scientific research and its conclusions are very valuable in many areas and I certainly do not want to undermine it. However there are fields where the current scientific knowledge and technology behind it is just not sufficient to explain given phenomenas.

Concerning astrology, it take years or rather decades of studying given field and several fields which are adjacent to get a deep understanding of the subject and still you will not get 100% accuracy, too many unknowns are in the game. However astrology as this can help a lot in many tasks because in other words it is interpreting effect of universe on the earth. That effect is there, the emissions of various wavelength are hitting us every day and it has effect on us, that is quite clear based on scientific research already I'm sure that you can find articles on the subject quite fast. To find really good astrologist is very hard, if you find one, keep it close it is precious. 

Sincerely,

Frantisek

Frantisek Algoldor Apfelbeck

biotechnologist&kvasir and hacker

http://www.frantisekapfelbeck.org

"There is no way to peace, peace is the way." Ghandi

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 From: Gopiballava Flaherty <gopiballava at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Noisebridge-discuss] [hackerspaces] lunar calendar recommendations?

On Dec 26, 2011, at 6:28 PM, Frantisek Apfelbeck wrote:

> I may find some info on the topic later on, if I do i share it,

Not sure if you noticed it, but here's a link I posted earlier with a long list of research on the topic:
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/moon.html
The increase in suicides / psych admissions around full moons doesn't show up in admission records.

> otherwise we can have a chat about that with people who do not need "research papers" to investigate a new things, at least for them.

I hope I never meet somebody who *needs* a research paper to investigate something.

The people I work with don't need research papers when they have new ideas. What they do, though, is investigate whether their new idea is in fact new or not. They look at whether it's been tried before or not. If it's been tried and it failed, they'll probably try a slight variation on it. 

Refusing to investigate something until you can find research papers on it is silly. Deciding that an idea is new and worth independent investigation without attempting to determine how many people have tried the idea out before you is also silly. 

Published research may be difficult to read and stilted, but fundamentally it's nothing more than somebody saying, "I tried this out and this is what happened." I don't know why somebody would wish to ignore that.

You mentioned astrology, and seem to think that it has some evidence behind it. Here's a simple test you could do:

Have a friend choose four horoscopes every day, one that is for your sign, three that aren't. Remove references to the month, randomize the order, email them to you. You choose the one that fits best. Repeat this for a week or two. 

Simple, straightforward, and hopefully enlightening.

Thanks,

gopi.

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