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From: mvs@meccsd.MECC.MN.ORG (Michael V. Stein)
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Subject: Re: Strange results in Nature article (fallout...)
Keywords: skepticism debunking
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Date: 3 Aug 88 01:31:16 GMT
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In article <5497@ecsvax.uncecs.edu> dgary@ecsvax.UUCP (D Gary Grady) writes:

[In reference to the CSICOP]

>For example, one
>article in the Skeptical Inquirer showed experimental results strongly
>suggestive that astrology had no predictive power.  Nevertheless, it
>said that advice offered by astrologers was frequently as sound as that
>offered by clinical psychologists.  

I guess they have no clinical psychologists as members.

>It even recommended that if someone
>had minor problems, an astrologer might be a better sourse of help than
>a psychologist, since they charge less and are no more likely to be
>charlatans!

Somehow this doesn't make me feel reassured about their lack of bias
and their devotion to seeking out truth.


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