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Predictions Thursday, Apr. 03, 2003 - 2:02 am ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This week's horoscope: Self-anointed "debunkers" rail against astrologers' predictions, acting as if speculating about the future was a crime against rational thought. Meanwhile, economists, meteorologists, sportscasters, trend analysts, and political pundits are out there regularly making bad prognostications based on dubious data. In my opinion, they spread more delusion and cost people more money than those of us who divine cosmic omens. For example, the National Weather Service's forecasts fail to anticipate more than half of all tornadoes and flash floods. But do debunkers denounce them as quacks? Never. Sorry for the rant, Gemini, but I have a prophetic point to make: Every single hypothesis about the future that you are aware of now and that you hear about in the next four weeks will be wrong -- except, of course, this one. Wow, that's kind of weird. I don't know how many "predictions" I tend to trust anyway. The only reason I really get into these horoscopes is because I love the way Rob Brezsny writes and thinks, and because I think they're generally full of useful or at least interesting advice. Whether it really applies to me or not isn't really relevant in my mind. Well so I'll be even more skeptical and critical for the next month. Not bad advice, I think.
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