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Why Astrology Loves Hindsight
After the event, the chart looks obvious. Selection, confirmation, flexibility. Honesty about prediction standards is not an attack on the craft.
hindsight · bias · method
2 min read
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4 entries for “hindsight”
Research
Can Astrology Predict Catastrophes — or Just Explain Them Afterwards?
Eclipses, mundane work, retrospective matching. The tradition is older than the slideshow. Intellectual honesty is still required.
eclipses · mundane · prediction
2 min read
Research
Eclipses and Catastrophes: How Careful Should Astrologers Be?
Old traditions of omen. Hindsight bias. The ease of matching every disaster to a sky after the sky has passed.
eclipses · prediction · bias
2 min read
Chart Study
Jim Jones: The Anatomy of Charisma through an Astrological Lens
13 May 1931. Influence, ideology, control. A public life. Not a yoga that creates a cult leader.
charisma · influence · chart study
2 min read