Astrology: Fact or Fiction?

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  • A significant percentage of the population believes in astrology. This is the notion that the positions of the stars and planets in the sky at the moment of your birth have an influence on your characteristics, and that their positions over time influence daily events. Can this be possible? By what mechanism does this influence propagate? If it's true, why haven't we encountered anything like this in our study of astronomy? Shouldn't we be able to do experiments to test its validity? We sure can. Let's take a real good look at what astrology proposes, and see if we can to the bottom of whether there is any truth to it or not.
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  • @bartonpaullevenson3427
    @bartonpaullevenson3427 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12896

    As a scientist, I can never accept anything as dumb as astrology. I'm a Taurus, and we're very stubborn.

    • @therobot1080
      @therobot1080 4 ปีที่แล้ว +140

      What field?

    • @bartonpaullevenson3427
      @bartonpaullevenson3427 4 ปีที่แล้ว +686

      @@therobot1080 Planetary astronomy.

    • @therobot1080
      @therobot1080 4 ปีที่แล้ว +157

      @@bartonpaullevenson3427 thanks for noticing

    • @DM-rc4yu
      @DM-rc4yu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @Fuert Neigt Makes sense.

    • @VaughanMcCue
      @VaughanMcCue 4 ปีที่แล้ว +147

      After being constipated, I feel sure I have been a Taurarse too and a hot Uranus after chilli. Giving birth to bowling balls is painful.

  • @VaguelyCanadian
    @VaguelyCanadian 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1457

    "Big career move today!"
    "Nope, I got fired"
    sounds like a pretty big career move to me

    • @guytheincognito4186
      @guytheincognito4186 4 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      Just more evidence it's bunk, if it was real they would know wether the move would be positive or negative. Leaving it that vague allows any move to be labled as the predicted one lol

    • @munstrumridcully
      @munstrumridcully 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      @@guytheincognito4186 that's the point, it's the Nostradamus/Qur'an/Bible method of prophecy : make it so vague that pretty much _any_ outcome can be said to be the predicted one 😊

    • @guytheincognito4186
      @guytheincognito4186 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@munstrumridcully
      Exactly.😁

    • @adrianbundy3249
      @adrianbundy3249 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Trebuchet I've walked out of some jobs voluntarily I wasn't happy with; without any lifeline of another job in waiting. I still think it was the best thing I could have done in that situation, and so many people are so afraid of the consequences, that they stick themselves in a much worse, longer term situation, where a year later, they would already be well better off in all likelihood.

    • @angelmendez-rivera351
      @angelmendez-rivera351 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The Doom From Latveria I agree. This is specially true if your health is on the line.

  • @JP-hr8fb
    @JP-hr8fb ปีที่แล้ว +1185

    I told an astrology believer that I didn’t believe in astrology and broke down reasons as to why I didn’t believe in it and they said the typical “that’s such a (my sign) thing to say” and with that response I came to the conclusion that astrology is nothing more than space racism.

    • @yellobanana6456
      @yellobanana6456 ปีที่แล้ว +153

      Spacism

    • @SugarooLM
      @SugarooLM ปีที่แล้ว +56

      We should make that an actual term
      (But for real tho, if i ever encounter anyone like that irl imma do a quick save and let them see god fr)

    • @xdsagecat3920
      @xdsagecat3920 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@SugarooLM frfr

    • @alphasushi9178
      @alphasushi9178 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Thats my new phrase of the week now

    • @alexsandra8421
      @alexsandra8421 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😂👏

  • @precisecovers2551
    @precisecovers2551 ปีที่แล้ว +515

    In high school I was talking to this girl in Spanish class every day. One time we had a project together and she asked the question: what is your sign? I told her. She then did the “really? Ugh, we aren’t compatible…” after literally being compatible and it all ended… lol

    • @brandonantonio9261
      @brandonantonio9261 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      🤣🤣🤣...well damn!
      what is your sign btw?

    • @precisecovers2551
      @precisecovers2551 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      @@brandonantonio9261 Haha can’t you tell with the way I wrote my comment that Mars is in retrograde therefore obviously making me an Aquarius ♒️?

    • @oldschoolman1444
      @oldschoolman1444 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Hate when that happens 😂

    • @Rawi888
      @Rawi888 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      No dawg she was right, you’re not compatible.

    • @Sucellusification
      @Sucellusification ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Her loss

  • @vrinnmetagen
    @vrinnmetagen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4074

    I love how astrology keeps things so vague and broad that every sign fits everyone in some way

    • @FakingANerve
      @FakingANerve 3 ปีที่แล้ว +230

      That's how all cold-read cons work.

    • @LuisAldamiz
      @LuisAldamiz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      It doesn't. When I got hooked it was as if I could see my relatives fit in every solar sign almost perfectly: several are Taurus or Gemini and they seem very different to me, they were already connected in pairs in my mind before I began diving into Astrology, so similar they were and so different from not just me but also others in the family. Of course it's not supposed to be just solar signs but these also make some sense, incredibly enough.

    • @chaotickreg7024
      @chaotickreg7024 3 ปีที่แล้ว +358

      @@LuisAldamiz Do you think that maybe you are looking for the answer you want when you look at your family?

    • @nerds-nonsense
      @nerds-nonsense 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@chaotickreg7024 well my experience is similar to theirs and i can honestly say that for me that isn't the case because the thing that got me into it was how accurate it could be and even then i was hesitant because i don't believe in things without empirical evidence very easily, but it just kept being more accurate than inaccurate and so i could never just say "well this is def bullshit"

    • @nerds-nonsense
      @nerds-nonsense 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      it's not tho? have you ever actually seen a chart reading? they can get pretty specific

  • @jb888888888
    @jb888888888 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3829

    Well of course "gravity" doesn't determine your personality when you're born. It's density and buoyancy!

    • @TheNinthGeneration1
      @TheNinthGeneration1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      Buoyancy requires gravity, it’s literally in the equation

    • @isntmypfpbeautiful5350
      @isntmypfpbeautiful5350 3 ปีที่แล้ว +574

      @@TheNinthGeneration1 hes making fun of flat earthers who say that lol

    • @asylumskp4391
      @asylumskp4391 3 ปีที่แล้ว +291

      Ummm actually I think you mean Energy Of The Heavens so learn your facts- 💅😌

    • @fishcious
      @fishcious 3 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      @@asylumskp4391 You mean a thunderstorm? I love thunderstorms!

    • @bobw1678
      @bobw1678 3 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      And refraction. And electromagnetism! Dude Dave, you are SOOOOO far behind on all this, you have nooo idea what you're talking about *stupid stoner chuckling* (And yes, since some people didnt understand the reference when OP made it, this is mocking flat earthers who throw out random words just because they sound scientific, dont explain them or their relevance, then laugh like they just shut you down with their brilliance.)

  • @jarrysciligo5395
    @jarrysciligo5395 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2769

    Confirmation bias:
    My horoscope was wrong, meh.
    My horoscope was wrong, meh.
    My horoscope was wrong, meh.
    My horoscope was wrong, meh.
    My horoscope was wrong, meh.
    My horoscope was wrong, meh.
    My horoscope was wrong, meh.
    My horoscope was wrong, meh.
    My horoscope was wrong, meh.
    My horoscope was wrong, meh.
    OMG! It was so right today. OMG, this shit is so real!!!!!!!111!!!!!!!1
    My horoscope was wrong, meh.
    My horoscope was wrong, meh.
    My horoscope was wrong, meh.
    ....

    • @EnverWasHere
      @EnverWasHere 3 ปีที่แล้ว +123

      HAHAH TRUE 14 year olds rlly be like: ^^

    • @georgeb5262
      @georgeb5262 3 ปีที่แล้ว +118

      I mean either this or they use so common things like: "Today you gonna have problems in the work place". I mean almost everyday at work there is some kind of problems, even if not that big. Also if you believe in those things, you really will find something to connect with this. This is in the phycology. You change your mindset so you will focus to find something like what they said. "You will have good luck today" - Everyday there is good and bad luck. You will just focus only on good things and ignore bad. You get it?

    • @FakingANerve
      @FakingANerve 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Served with a dash of cognitive dissonance. Tasty.

    • @mrxmry3264
      @mrxmry3264 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@user-mc6tq7xb2q
      The flat earth is just like astrology - TOTAL BULLSHIT.

    • @scottgrohs5940
      @scottgrohs5940 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      As a very wise man once sang: “the stars predict that tomorrow you’ll wake up, do a bunch of stuff and then go back to sleep.”

  • @stringedaz
    @stringedaz ปีที่แล้ว +243

    I happen to be a fraternal twin. 12/21/1985. We are almost NOTHING alike. For me, that was "book closed" on astrology. I love this guy.

    • @joanna0988
      @joanna0988 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      But your birth times are different no? 😅

    • @sohanaiyappa3515
      @sohanaiyappa3515 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      ​@@joanna0988the difference can't be more than minute at most

    • @Chance57
      @Chance57 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      ​@@joanna0988if literal seconds count, astrology is absolutely pointless unless you add a few thousand more signs.

    • @planetcaravan2925
      @planetcaravan2925 ปีที่แล้ว

      We dont believe you

    • @thatoneguy5043
      @thatoneguy5043 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@planetcaravan2925 who's we?
      and are you gonna deny that fraternal twins exist?

  • @EmiCheese
    @EmiCheese 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3125

    Dude, that is SUCH a Libra thing to say.

    • @christiancarter255
      @christiancarter255 4 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      Lol. I'ma a Libra. I'm calling racism. (;

    • @xpercade8926
      @xpercade8926 4 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      I feel ATTACKED
      reported

    • @sueokada6968
      @sueokada6968 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      As if it were written in the stars, I happened upon this post in mid swallow while consuming a delicious iced latte. That’s right. I snarfed it all over me, my (now) pissed off cat, and some previously lovely window curtains I’d been fond of. If only my horoscope were slightly more detailed it could’ve warned me off the milk and espresso nose douche in favor of something less likely to stain.

    • @Ian_sothejokeworks
      @Ian_sothejokeworks 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Ha! Too bad he's a Cancer.

    • @christiancarter255
      @christiancarter255 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Ian_sothejokeworks and hopefully not an esfp

  • @AV4Life
    @AV4Life 3 ปีที่แล้ว +829

    My Astronomer teacher, on the first day of class, the first thing we did was debunk astrology collectively as a class.

    • @tonythegamer837
      @tonythegamer837 3 ปีที่แล้ว +101

      Sounds like a super fun class

    • @rickkwitkoski1976
      @rickkwitkoski1976 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      GOOD TEACHER!

    • @myaranche
      @myaranche 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      what a narrow minded human stuck in neanderthal age

    • @not_porter
      @not_porter 2 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      that's the teacher i want

    • @OsvaldoBayerista
      @OsvaldoBayerista 2 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      @@myaranche no you are the one stuck in pre rational magic thinking systems.

  • @yellobanana6456
    @yellobanana6456 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1705

    This reminds me of when I was little and found out I was a libra, and I was mad because all the other signs had some sort of animal and mine just had a measuring tool

    • @illi6378
      @illi6378 2 ปีที่แล้ว +167

      "I'm a libra but i identify as a mountaingoat" is my go-to answer. If they can make stuff up, why can't I?

    • @Shannon4710
      @Shannon4710 2 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      I actually had the opposite problem. I was a bit jealous of how cool the libra picture looked while I was just a leo.

    • @agenti4734
      @agenti4734 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@Shannon4710 i thought my centaur was cool

    • @randomina465
      @randomina465 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Cry me a river I'm Gemini i have no idea what Gemini is is it two people or something 😭😭😭

    • @illi6378
      @illi6378 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@randomina465 its a warhammer, but instead of a handle, it's a flaccid penis. Because geminis are notorious for acting dicky in the months of june-may

  • @krameleon7345
    @krameleon7345 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1091

    I’m an Astrophysicist and my fiancé “believes” in Astrology. We have had conversations on how it’s pseudoscience at best and isn’t really and she completely agrees, but at the end of the day she still chooses to be interested in it because the claims “it’s fun” and she wants to “believe in something.” I’ve found myself enjoying entertaining Astrology, despite knowing it doesn’t actually have any Physical sway on the real world.

    • @johnekare8376
      @johnekare8376 2 ปีที่แล้ว +204

      With that relationship to astrology, I'd say it's more akin to being into a fantastical movie or book - on one level you suspend your knowledge that this isn't real, for a duration of time, to enjoy the fantasy.

    • @phildavenport4150
      @phildavenport4150 2 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      @@johnekare8376 The suspension of disbelief is a great mechanism whereby we can enjoy stories and people that have no place in our real world. It's an excellent way to recapture our childhood without getting lost in it. Sadly, some of us get captured by the narrative and can't escape. Take flat Earth, religious cults and other forms of mind surrender for example.

    • @ThePageOfSpace
      @ThePageOfSpace 2 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      @@johnekare8376 I try and tell people it's the sane with the Bible but no one believes me. But somehow they think Astrology is any different from their magical book.

    • @Rudxain
      @Rudxain 2 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      ​@@johnekare8376 Exactly. That's the healthiest approach to religion, to be aware it's just a fantasy, and use it temporarily to "escape issues in the real world" or just as a way to kill boredom.
      It's sad that a lot of people trap themselves with mental chains, even for the rest of their life. My grandma is like that, she wastes her life everyday watching 3 or 4 masses on TV, or directly going to church. It's impressing and depressing

    • @mv848
      @mv848 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Honestly I would never date someone who is *really* into astrology. That's borderline psychotic (law of attraction, astrology, God, religion, supernatural...) and usually gets worse over time. Ppl sink deeper and deeper...

  • @SzadoB
    @SzadoB 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1635

    The fact that we need to explain this to adults is sad

    • @jiglf330
      @jiglf330 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Yup and double yup

    • @bruh____784
      @bruh____784 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      @@jiglf330 Yup²

    • @dineshkondvilkar3436
      @dineshkondvilkar3436 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      (yup²)²

    • @nagarjunkashyap5987
      @nagarjunkashyap5987 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      I disagree. Astrology, despite being false Is a centuries old belief shared by millions. It is difficult to remove such a deep rooted belief from their brains. Think about this. Just 50 years ago, in most places it would be taboo to not believe in a lot of these beliefs. Now, with the internet, it is way easier to educate people. The fact that we have to explain this to adults is good, not sad.

    • @SzadoB
      @SzadoB 3 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      @@nagarjunkashyap5987 it's not good because it only shows how stupid we can be when not educated even while you can educate yourself whenever you want.

  • @arcflamearcanum7579
    @arcflamearcanum7579 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1181

    Astrolgers: (Looks up at the night sky). "Thank you for changing my life"
    Some random star in the sky: "I'm literally just vibing"

    • @reinatr4848
      @reinatr4848 3 ปีที่แล้ว +118

      "I'm a f***ing plasma fireball are you ok"

    • @beezmanit2683
      @beezmanit2683 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@reinatr4848 *gaint, hot and bright plasma

    • @netherwolves3412
      @netherwolves3412 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@beezmanit2683 heyyy it’s a country ball

    • @joelrauch9884
      @joelrauch9884 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      I literally exploded 400 million years ago, are you ok?

    • @kmmadupu8161
      @kmmadupu8161 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😂😂

  • @rudra62
    @rudra62 3 ปีที่แล้ว +803

    I had a benefit from astrology, which I believed in as a teenager.
    Wanting to know how it worked, and figure an astrological chart, I had to learn trigonometry.
    Due to changing schools at just the wrong time, I skipped trigonometry class. I went right from Algebra 3 to Analytic Geometry - which assumed I knew trig. And, I did, thanks to learning astrology.
    Then I grew up. I dumped astrology, and studied calculus and computer science. :)

    • @horokush123
      @horokush123 2 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      thats likely one of the few benefits of pseudosciences tbh

    • @henry-thepizzaeater-morgan704
      @henry-thepizzaeater-morgan704 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      That's rad

    • @ikilledaman
      @ikilledaman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nice

    • @isagiyoichi5207
      @isagiyoichi5207 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      This man is a legend for using pseudoscience as a step up tool lol

    • @arjunjain5714
      @arjunjain5714 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Check your chart, it will be reflected on it. :)

  • @rehab_reject
    @rehab_reject ปีที่แล้ว +172

    Broke up with a girl once because she said "astrology is a science".

    • @kosh9019
      @kosh9019 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      just not a western science

    • @rehab_reject
      @rehab_reject 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

      @kosh9019 no, it's not a science. Where you are in the world does not affect whether something is science or not.

    • @kosh9019
      @kosh9019 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@rehab_reject ancient sciences g, the world is demystified and reduced to strictly material consumerism. don't get me wrong modern science is amazing and ive dedicated my life to it, but we are not the first advance civilisation and in a lot of ways were not as advance as the civilisations before us

    • @kosh9019
      @kosh9019 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@rehab_reject my replys are being censored, we knew a lot from the stars thousands of years ago and a lot has been lost. read the cosmic serpent if u want a idea of how ancients knew it all before the west did

    • @michaeldorathy3295
      @michaeldorathy3295 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Horoscopes are nonsense. Astrology is a system of an ancient calendar, using constellations.

  • @equalssign44
    @equalssign44 4 ปีที่แล้ว +321

    “...Imagine if instead of this horoscope, you got the following:
    *you are a Virgo. You expect too much from others, are lazy, arrogant and extremely rude and hateful. You have no real friends and your current ones are hopelessly sentimental. Virgos make good doorsteps* "
    -psychology textbook, 1987

    • @lasolady
      @lasolady 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      hey that's true! crazy how Bering statements do that.

    • @silursmq5511
      @silursmq5511 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      As a virgo, I find this extremely hurtf... jk I don't give a crap

    • @TheArgentinianStealer
      @TheArgentinianStealer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Is funny because virgo in someplace's means virgin(more naturatly in latinamérica)

    • @EdSchroedinger
      @EdSchroedinger 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ...writing this is a: how to get kicked out of your privileged position as a newspaper intern

    • @randynichols5460
      @randynichols5460 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      exactly

  • @kratoselricsuzumiya8345
    @kratoselricsuzumiya8345 4 ปีที่แล้ว +439

    I completely disagree. The position of stars has had a massive effect on my life. More specifically the positions have cause annoying and gullible people to spew nonsense at me.

  • @markchip1
    @markchip1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +301

    I was expecting you to include the fact that the precession of the stars over years would mean that one star sign becomes an entirely different sign over the centuries!!!

    • @LuisAldamiz
      @LuisAldamiz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      That depends on whether you use Western or Indian Astrology. The Indian tradition does account for precession, while the Western one totally ignores it because it considers the signs as natural months of Earth, not as true stellar references.

    • @shivammishra1720
      @shivammishra1720 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Filippo Poluzzi But aren't those zodiac signs fixed in astrology for thousands of years. And I never get the point why they used 12 zodiac signs. Even in Indian jyotisha they divide it into 12 Rashis. I never get the point why only 12 zodiac signs?

    • @HybridGib
      @HybridGib 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@shivammishra1720 Yeah, they use 12 signs because they fit into periods of the year, Ig that's probably why, but then the Ophiuchus sign makes no sense there 😂 Haven't read up on how they came up with the Ophiuchus sign, tho

    • @shivammishra1720
      @shivammishra1720 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@HybridGib Astrology will never work does not matter whether it's indian or Western because as professor Dave asked how does gravity affects someone birth? It's like stars are conscious and they are continuously checking what the person is doing on earth "oh Shivam is watching adult film today we will make sure he gets punished today" . I mean a thing which is so far away from us and is so massive that we would look like ants cares about what these ants are doing does not make any sense to me.
      Your comment did make me laugh a bit thanks for that 😂.

    • @HybridGib
      @HybridGib 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@shivammishra1720 Yeah, yours was humorous as well 😂👌

  • @Gameknight2169
    @Gameknight2169 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    I love how he proposes possible counterarguments, defeats them, and then repeatedly goes, "Still not convinced? Here's more evidence. I'm going to put more nails in this coffin than you would ever expect because this needs to fucking go."

  • @Rafaga777
    @Rafaga777 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1210

    Previously debunking flat earth theory and now astrology. I really like these debunking videos. Thanks for the upload...

    • @abhrajitdhar4628
      @abhrajitdhar4628 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @mountaingoat1003 r/whooosh man he's joking

    • @abhrajitdhar4628
      @abhrajitdhar4628 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @p lr who is

    • @abhrajitdhar4628
      @abhrajitdhar4628 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Boytoru1 there is no way a person who watches film theory can be a flatearther

    • @aryanayush136
      @aryanayush136 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @p lr You are just looking for excuses

    • @0devildante0
      @0devildante0 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @p lr nobody commented ANYTHING now that you've brought SCIENTIFIC research (peer-reviewed even). 😂😂😂😂😂 What a group of wannabe smart asses.

  • @chip5892
    @chip5892 3 ปีที่แล้ว +657

    Horoscope: *You will have to make an important choice today* .
    Me in the store, wondering which ice cream flavour to buy:
    The prophecies! THEY WERE TRUE!

    • @fishcious
      @fishcious 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      I know right! I had the exact same experience - I was sitting at the bonfire wondering whether to eat the small child or the puppy!

    • @annee547
      @annee547 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@fishcious the- the what..?

    • @ferociousmaliciousghost
      @ferociousmaliciousghost 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@fishcious That's easy! Eat both.

    • @j.r.bobdobbs7763
      @j.r.bobdobbs7763 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Your love life will run into some trouble
      When your fiancé Hurles javelin through your chest

    • @MominEnjoyer
      @MominEnjoyer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Horoscope: You will find a good friend today
      Me befriending with a NPC in a Singleplayer game: Yes

  • @HybridGib
    @HybridGib 2 ปีที่แล้ว +692

    Another factor to consider is that different cultures have different astrological systems which would open them up to contradictions; for example, a couple's Greek horoscopes may indicate they're a good match while their Chinese horoscopes might indicate that they shouldn't be together. Any supernatural belief system has the inherent potential for contradictions.

    • @HybridGib
      @HybridGib 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@PS-qn4oz Yeah, I guess most critics mainly focus on religion since that's what affects most people at a much higher level than astrology, so the ones that do are more educated on religious beliefs than astrology
      I don't really know a whole lot about each astrology system, I just happen to remember the Chinese horoscopes from having been to sit-down Chinese restaurants at a young age 😂

    • @lohengramm7798
      @lohengramm7798 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@PS-qn4oz ok sire please educate me about astrology I'm open to all genuine wisdom.

    • @dascreeb5205
      @dascreeb5205 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yeah, my parents shouldn't go together according to their space magic stuff.
      Yet they are the most wholesome relationship I have ever seen.
      He had abusive parents, did drugs and all of that, lived on the streets for a while, his grandparents and uncles that he loved died.
      My mum picked him up, helped him, they got in a relationship, BOOM.
      They spend all day laughing.
      Astrology is bullshit, don't let it affect you.

    • @HybridGib
      @HybridGib 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@dascreeb5205 That is a comment from a higher dimension right there 👌😤

    • @AlDunbar
      @AlDunbar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      As a youngster I had an interest in astrology - not belief, more like curiosity.
      One year I stayed with relatives in a town having two newspapers. It didn't take long for me to figure out that the horoscopes printed in the two newspapers differed very significantly.
      Years later, my son got a job writing horoscopes for some magazine. He made them up off the top of his head, but his horoscopes were apparently popular. I was glad when he quit.

  • @nicholasfitz
    @nicholasfitz ปีที่แล้ว +32

    When I was younger and more impressionable I was interested in astrology. As I got older, it just doesn't hold the same weight as it once did in my mind. It's not science. At best, it's a way for people to socialize in my opinion.

  • @theanti-veela-leprechaun
    @theanti-veela-leprechaun 3 ปีที่แล้ว +724

    One of my schoolmates and I were born the same day, same hospital, 40 minutes apart. We couldn’t be more different and our life experiences are not the same at all. But hey, we once both got a dog at some point in our life, so, ASTROLOGY

    • @robinchesterfield42
      @robinchesterfield42 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      First of all, your username is amazing. (Anti-Veela leprechaun of the Shire lol) Secondly, I once found somebody on a messageboard who, in terms of birthdays, was about that close to when I was born but a dude, in Australia. We even had similar colouring, long hair and glasses and were both left-handed. GASP! MAGIC! Or a fun coincidence. "What would I be like with a different gender and accent?"
      Well now I know. And that's cool. But freaking stars and planets had nothing to do with it. They're just hangin' out in space, being stars and planets.

    • @theanti-veela-leprechaun
      @theanti-veela-leprechaun 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@robinchesterfield42 FINALLY ANOTHER PERSON GETS MY USERNAME 🤣

    • @bait5257
      @bait5257 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@theanti-veela-leprechaun plz explain your name

    • @theanti-veela-leprechaun
      @theanti-veela-leprechaun 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@bait5257 it’s from Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings. In Harry Potter, Harry went to the Quidditch World Cup, and the two teams playing were Ireland and Bulgaria, and to represent their country, both brought a non-human species from their country. Ireland brought leprechauns and Bulgaria brought Veelas, but when Ireland started to win, the veelas threw a fit and tried to mess up the match, so as a person with a lot of Irish blood, I sided with the leprechauns, and the shire is a place from middle earth, in LotR, hence The anti-Veela leprechaun of the Shire.

    • @bait5257
      @bait5257 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@theanti-veela-leprechaun wow. That's an amazing and well thought name.
      Shame i had no idea of these things even tho i have watched both of them and big fan of fantasy like lotr, berserk, asoiaf

  • @Busto
    @Busto 2 ปีที่แล้ว +184

    Your ability to mimic, not just the aesthetic of 80's science videos, but their entire style & essence is a thing of wonder & joy! Thank you

    • @jocofnazareth
      @jocofnazareth ปีที่แล้ว

      Dam bill Nye was the 80s???

  • @remyrichardson8614
    @remyrichardson8614 3 ปีที่แล้ว +540

    "Libras will eat something today."
    "OMG STACY I WILL EAT SOMETHING TODAY!"

  • @0The_Farlander0
    @0The_Farlander0 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I may be biased, but I grew up on astronomy. So many constellations I used to be able to identify and name. Astrology just never had the same pull for me. I think it comes from the notion that while we are separated by gulfs of space and time that are insurmountable for humans, those stars and planets are real, physical places. If you were to be invulnerable and teleported out to the surface of a distant star, you would be in a real place that exists. Astrology just muddles and mystifies something that needs none of that.

  • @SHITHAPPENSLIKABOSS
    @SHITHAPPENSLIKABOSS 4 ปีที่แล้ว +300

    "Astrology today can be regarded as a flavour of self-help" is the best description of modern day astrology

    • @kjell159
      @kjell159 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @Les Brown Dandelions are actually used medicinally and are pretty nutritious as a green leafy vegetable.
      When you pick them before they bloom they taste a bit like lettuce or a bit like spinach. The leaves are rich in certain minerals. (like most leafy vegetables)
      The roots can be roasted to make a caffeine free coffee alternative similar to chicory root.
      When it comes to medicinal benefits, dandelion is for example rich in pythosterols.

    • @peterbartley9155
      @peterbartley9155 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Except it does not brill at all.

    • @jaqjaq101
      @jaqjaq101 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I would agree with this

    • @cxx23
      @cxx23 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@kjell159 I've had the coffee alternative. It's good stuff. A very different flavor to coffee but I enjoyed it.
      I would say its nuttier.

    • @robertplatt1693
      @robertplatt1693 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      "People buying books by other people for advice. That's not self- help, that's help!"
      -George Carlin

  • @LightHalcyon
    @LightHalcyon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +687

    If there is one positive takeaway from my astrology phase in middle school: I learned where all the zodiac constellations are and I can usually spot the planets that are visible to the naked eye 😅

    • @filipe.sm31
      @filipe.sm31 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      How can you spot the planets if you can't see them? I'm curious

    • @gordonfan1095
      @gordonfan1095 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      ​@@filipe.sm31 Do you mean how can you distinguish them from stars without magnification? I'm personally not a planet spotting expert, but I can usually tell a planet from a star when I see one. There are phone apps that can help guide you to find planets and constellations, and with a bit of practice and the knowledge of where/when to look in the sky and what to look for, most if not all of the five closest planets are visible to the naked eye at some point during a clear night. They all appear very bright which makes them pretty easy to pick out, and they don't twinkle like stars do. With binoculars or a telescope it's even easier to tell that they are not just very bright stars.

    • @filipe.sm31
      @filipe.sm31 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@gordonfan1095 oh, I read again an I misread it yesterday. I thought he had said he could spot planets that aren"t visible to the naked eye

    • @sunnywunny
      @sunnywunny 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      is that a geometry dash reference?

    • @henry-thepizzaeater-morgan704
      @henry-thepizzaeater-morgan704 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's pretty cool

  • @ianirwin9480
    @ianirwin9480 4 ปีที่แล้ว +124

    The worst thing about astrology is the link to homeopathy and quack medicines

    • @FakingANerve
      @FakingANerve 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Birds of a feather...

    • @pepitaj13
      @pepitaj13 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you!

    • @amitwieder5706
      @amitwieder5706 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Let’s not forget about crystals lmao

    • @robinchesterfield42
      @robinchesterfield42 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Hey hun! Would you like to be your own boss babe? Check out these essential oils, which are totally a real cure for everything! I gave them to my unvaccinated kids, and the 3 that survived are doing great!
      ...again, birds of a feather...

  • @heretustay
    @heretustay 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    as a leftist and feminist who believes science is a key pillar to equality and freedom for all people-and having to deal with SO MANY of my comrades who deeply believe in this shit-this video gave me a sense of catharsis that nearly brought me to tears.
    mysticism and religion is so dumbfoundingly strong right now across all political alignments, its just scary. we will never find the answers for worldwide peace and happiness until we leave these ancient, dogmatic, and harmful ways of thinking behind.

    • @heretustay
      @heretustay 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      i think i just realized i'm autistic

    • @MorganRyo
      @MorganRyo 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@heretustaybasically definitely, that's not an insult, i'm autistic too and this is the way a lot of us think, intense emotion regarding logic and patterns

    • @SintiSnake
      @SintiSnake 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@heretustaywe all got a touch of the tism

    • @BasedProletarianJacob420
      @BasedProletarianJacob420 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I came to Dave’s channel for these exact reasons! Neoliberal society sells us all this bs even repackaging old superstitions like astrology under the guise that it will help us control our lives or even worse control others when its a false sense of control or just manipulating others dividing and confusing people rather than creating community and liberation from social structures.

  • @moosewastaken3893
    @moosewastaken3893 3 ปีที่แล้ว +554

    Astorlogy: You will breathe tommorow
    People: OMG I'M SUCH A CAPRISUN!!!

    • @lupo3555
      @lupo3555 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Caprisun. Love it.

    • @Magekind
      @Magekind 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I'm a Lumpenoid! We're practically compatible!

    • @bettercalldelta
      @bettercalldelta 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Caprisun lmao

    • @nicolasgomez6637
      @nicolasgomez6637 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      HEY!!! WHERE MY JUICY JUICE DUDES AT???

    • @dascreeb5205
      @dascreeb5205 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Sorry for COMMITING THE LARGEST MASS EXTINCTION EVENT EVER I'm such a librarian 💅.

  • @philipeli
    @philipeli 5 ปีที่แล้ว +380

    My girlfriend believes in astrology and tries to convince me it is true every day. I'm very good in math and science so I see it for what it is.. a way to bs gullible people...

    • @ProfessorDaveExplains
      @ProfessorDaveExplains  5 ปีที่แล้ว +237

      make her watch this!

    • @TheScarab117
      @TheScarab117 4 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      After watching this she should then watch the James Randi experiment on astrology. I have converted so many people with that video.

    • @TheScarab117
      @TheScarab117 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      th-cam.com/video/3Dp2Zqk8vHw/w-d-xo.html

    • @Author-dad-veteran
      @Author-dad-veteran 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      I’d be interested to hear what her arguments are, apart from “but this happened to me and my glossy magazine said it would”

    • @AM-rq1no
      @AM-rq1no 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      get a new girlfriend

  • @cousinparty7266
    @cousinparty7266 2 ปีที่แล้ว +424

    I always viewed astrology as a personality test; it's not completely accurate but it was entertaining to try. It wasn't until a month ago that I realize that people actually take it like gospel. I really want to deny it.

    • @_enite_
      @_enite_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Yeah that's how I view it, yeah there are extremes in the astrology uh community? But isn't there extremes in every community like religion and so fourth?

    • @jaythesiren
      @jaythesiren 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@_enite_ and they're nit hurting anyone. Who cares.

    • @janX9
      @janX9 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jaythesiren Wrong. Misinformation is hurting people.

    • @jaythesiren
      @jaythesiren 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@janX9 how

    • @janX9
      @janX9 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@jaythesiren I have a little personal experience that I'm not going to get into. However, in short I will say, it wastes people's time, energy, money and lives away.

  • @toddpaul2228
    @toddpaul2228 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    "I use astrology to pick which women to date". "If they believe in it, they are not for me"!
    Emo Phillips

  • @snatchX626
    @snatchX626 3 ปีที่แล้ว +543

    i like how, when professor dave is debunking pseudoscience, he sounds more annoyed than usual 😄

    • @mrxmry3264
      @mrxmry3264 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      i can understand how he'd bee annoyed that they waste time on that anti-scientific bullshit instead of doing something useful.

    • @OsvaldoBayerista
      @OsvaldoBayerista 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Lol, when i think in this things i always get annoyed at some point.

    • @mr.commonsense
      @mr.commonsense 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      We all are

    • @88HELLJUMPER88
      @88HELLJUMPER88 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      If you listen to the debunking videos in chronological order, you can actually really hear this. At first it's sort of a jovial pride in his knowledge and understanding of the universe. But after the flat earthers in particular start attacking him, he seems to get a lot more cynical in his responses. I think he loses a little faith in humanity every time he gets berated by uneducated people for trying to teach fairly basic principles of reality.

    • @OsvaldoBayerista
      @OsvaldoBayerista 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@88HELLJUMPER88 yeah, and how to not loose faith in humanity, we are drowning in fake news and pseudoscience, we are really doomed

  • @Uhlan_
    @Uhlan_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +228

    When the planets are in certain positions in the night sky, I take out my telescope and look at them - I submit that the planets do indeed have an effect on events here on Earth. :)

    • @Vox_Popul1
      @Vox_Popul1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Been wanting to get a telescope

    • @nowthatsjustducky
      @nowthatsjustducky 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I propose that the third brightest star in the Zodiac constellation of Capricorn, Gamma Capricorni start being referred to as Goat C. After all, isn't that what it translates to in "common" English?

    • @Zethneralith
      @Zethneralith 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@nowthatsjustducky This comment deserves more attention. XD

    • @dascreeb5205
      @dascreeb5205 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh yeah, this is big brain time.

    • @projectbreadwinners2942
      @projectbreadwinners2942 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nice lol

  • @DarkStar-os9pv
    @DarkStar-os9pv 5 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    I tell my astrology tolerant acquaintances the reason I don't believe in it, is because I simply cannot accept the notion that one twelfth of the world's population is having as crappy day as I am.

    • @LuisAldamiz
      @LuisAldamiz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Per actual Astrology it'd be many many less: precision to the degree is used in "serious Astrology" and it does not only depend on the position of the Sun in your birth chart but all planets, ascendant, etc. Unless you compare with people born in the same location at the same minute, it's not supposed to be the same. Even twins, as they are typically born minutes from each other, may have important differences. Even people with similar charts can be quite different, for example, Sun and Moon exact positions are very important in Astrology as I understand it and when I compare mine to my famous quasi-twins in those aspects, I can maybe relate to some (Hugo Chavez) but not to others (Slovodan Milosevic). Finally most astrologers believe in free will and that Astrology is only an "environmental influence", not deterministic.

    • @DarkStar-os9pv
      @DarkStar-os9pv 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@LuisAldamiz it's also a load of crap.

    • @DarkStar-os9pv
      @DarkStar-os9pv 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@empurress77 There does not exist instrumentation sensitive enough to detect such influences. And why the moment of birth? Why not the moment of conception? If gravity is the drivig influence, and the relative position of various bodies that provide that influence, then why not concern oneself with the positions of everyone present at a persons birth? A 180# person sranding 3 feet away has far more gravitational influence than any planet. But this is all moot. Astrology remains a con and a load of rubbish.

    • @RR_theproahole
      @RR_theproahole 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@LuisAldamiz If astrology comes with so many ifs and buts and exceptions, why not dismiss it altogether and call it bullcrap?

    • @LuisAldamiz
      @LuisAldamiz 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@RR_theproahole - Medicine, quantum mechanics, gardening and everything comes with so many ifs and buts and exceptions and uncertainties. As former gardener I know that what today makes a plant thrive and flower, sometimes fails a week later elsewhere, why?
      Reality is horribly complicated and full of ifs, buts and exceptions. We still try to make sense of it by seeking for working patterns that are as solid as possible, that process of making sense of our surruondings by patterning what we observe we call science.
      So, if it seems to work way too well, at least in some aspects, if the astrological patterning seems to work, I call it science too, ancient and without seal of approval of modern institutions but without any real research that has ever demonstrated it wrong either and a lot of small scale personal research that seems to prove it at least partly right instead.
      But I thought like you once, I totally understand what you say. I just happened to dive on the matter and see the patterns with this little brain...

  • @stage515
    @stage515 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    These videos are kinda theraputic in a way; there's something about breaking down silly ideas with actual science that's just so entertaining. Very good video, i'm enjoying it so far.

  • @phantomshark
    @phantomshark 4 ปีที่แล้ว +262

    My brother and his girlfriend are pretty serious into astrology. They are otherwise intelligent people. It drive me crazy.

    • @alejandrobaronperalta4374
      @alejandrobaronperalta4374 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      if they believe that they arent

    • @EnverWasHere
      @EnverWasHere 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      show him and his girlfriend this video

    • @TheSunMoon
      @TheSunMoon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Nth to do with intelligence.

    • @Toxicity1987
      @Toxicity1987 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Just tell them their actual signs, the usual sign table, that the Horoscopes mostly uses, are very wrong. Just that allone should blow their minds.

    • @realmothbuterfli
      @realmothbuterfli 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@alejandrobaronperalta4374 you can be intelligent and gullible...

  • @Boufty
    @Boufty 3 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    Early 1939, a French journal had as its headline : "Astrologists are unanimous : there will be no war in 1939 !"

    • @vascomanteigas9433
      @vascomanteigas9433 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hitler only invaded France on 1940...

    • @shadowxxe
      @shadowxxe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@vascomanteigas9433 yes but war was declared in 1939

    • @yellobanana6456
      @yellobanana6456 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      boy, were they wrong

    • @granienasniadanie8322
      @granienasniadanie8322 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@yellobanana6456 The war didn't get to until 1941 so they were a little right.

  • @TheRenofox
    @TheRenofox 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    "The most vital part of a rain dance is timing."

    • @RuyVuusen
      @RuyVuusen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It is best done when it's not too sunny out and there's plenty of clouds, preferably big and dark ones - it's also good to do it only after checking the weather forecast. Additionally the best timing is when it's drizzling.

  • @AzaleaJane
    @AzaleaJane 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Know what I really despise? Astrology being presented as some kind of feminist thing. To me there is nothing feminist about putting people into preconceived boxes based on dry facts about their birth. That's kind of the whole point of every social justice movement: judge a person for their actual deeds and values, not your preconceptions about whatever category you've sorted them into.
    It's just another kind of phrenology.

    • @TheDZHEX
      @TheDZHEX 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      it would be interesting to hear the argument that causally links astrology to womens' rights from whoever said it... or what does it have to do with any gendered issue whatsoever. What you mentioned is a kind of weird I didn't even know existed.
      Is it seriously something that happens often enough to produce a significant signal relative to the noise?..

  • @MartinIsRunning
    @MartinIsRunning 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    When people ask me what my sign is, I make them explain to me why it’s important before I answer. They don’t like that, and usually don’t wind up liking me, but I don’t really care.

  • @msandersen
    @msandersen 2 ปีที่แล้ว +190

    I think it was in Carl Sagan’s Cosmos where he pointed out how the stars making up star signs we see are only the very brightest, and some are even distant galaxies; and since they exist in a 3-dimensional plane, if you view the same constellation from a different point in space, they have absolutely no correlation due to the vast distances between them, as opposed to the flat plane the ancients imagined.
    Also, as someone who lives in Australia, just as with flat earth, astrology falls apart as the Northern hemisphere constellations aren’t visible, except upside-down on the horizon. There is no star sign for being born under the Southern Cross. And of course the concept that there are only 12 personality types in the world is ludicrous.

    • @therealzilch
      @therealzilch 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I saw the Southern Cross and it looked sorta like a kangaroo. Sorta. Or maybe a koala.

    • @josephpublico2337
      @josephpublico2337 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@therealzilch You were in Australia at the time? It was probably a koala you saw, or a kangaroo. Was it shiny and small? Maybe a star then...

    • @therealzilch
      @therealzilch 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@josephpublico2337 No, I wasn't even in the Southern Hemisphere. I was on the Big Island of Hawai'i, which is just far south enough for the Southern Cross to be visible near the horizon. And as far as I know, although Hawai'i has many invasive species, kangaroos and koalas are not (yet) among them.

    • @josephpublico2337
      @josephpublico2337 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@therealzilch So it was probably a star then, although it could've been an escaped kangaroo (or koala) imported for dissection in one of those infamous Hawaiian secret laboratories.

    • @capricorny6035
      @capricorny6035 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Some people have more than 12 personalities inside their own heads lol

  • @ceejay0137
    @ceejay0137 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    One major problem with astrology that the Professor didn't mention is its complete failure to predict natural disasters. A massive earthquake or tsunami means that thousands of people, who will inevitably include members of every sun sign, will be having a REALLY bad day, so every single horoscope for that day should have warnings about it. When astrology can predict earthquakes, that will be the time to start taking it seriously.

    • @JCW7100
      @JCW7100 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Great point!

    • @ceejay0137
      @ceejay0137 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sandrashane677 If you're claiming that the fact there's an asteroid named after the city where Covid may have started is a "prediction" of Covid, that is a huge stretch.
      According to China Daily on 26th April 2022, students at a school in Wuhan took part in an asteroid search:
      "A main-belt asteroid discovered by Grade 3 students at No 1 Middle School Affiliated with Central China Normal University in Wuhan, Hubei province, was confirmed recently and designated "2021 gb68" by the International Astronomical Union, sources at the school said.
      Under the rules of the IAU, Xiong Jiarui and his fellow students who discovered the asteroid have _the right to name it_ in the future, the school said." (My italics).
      That doesn't say it has actually been named Wuhan yet. There are currently nearly 150,000 known asteroids. I have never seen a horoscope that mentioned any of them, so why should that particular one have any significance?

    • @caseycondron5245
      @caseycondron5245 ปีที่แล้ว

      Really good point. I think it’s because since natural disasters are usually caused by the forces of Earth themselves and aren’t an outside force that astrology cannot predict such things (since astrology is the “study” of the planets’ mystical properties and how they affect people). I like astrology as a hobby but don’t believe it can predict things like that nor accurately describe the antics behind a person.

  • @thetherrannative
    @thetherrannative ปีที่แล้ว +30

    There's a difference between believing for fun and believing for real. You can enjoy pseudoscience all you want, but as soon as you start rejecting reality, it's gone too far.

    • @thetherrannative
      @thetherrannative ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@mrteco4236 Knowing the true nature of stars ties in with knowledge of chemistry, physics that affect our own planet, our future as it pertains to potential events such as gamma ray bursts or extreme solar flares, and (perhaps most importantly!) how we are one day going to reach other planets and the stars beyond, because that relies on gravity and motion relative to the sun and other planets' orbits. Knowing the stars and how they work is _extremely_ relevant.
      Never mind that knowledge of real science in general removes the misunderstandings con men use to steal your mind and money. That one's pretty big.

    • @projectb6573
      @projectb6573 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@mrteco4236 As Dave explained in the end of the video if a person with more power, such as the president of the USA believe in things like astrology or horoscopes it could end with large consequences.

    • @zebragoboom
      @zebragoboom ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mrteco4236 "true nature of stars" haha ur funny and dumb

  • @ryanmcknight9999
    @ryanmcknight9999 3 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    The Barnum effect, named after the showman PT Barnum, is a common psychological phenomenon whereby individuals give high accuracy ratings to descriptions of their personality that supposedly are tailored specifically to them, yet which are in fact vague and general enough to apply to a wide range of people. This effect can provide a partial explanation for the widespread acceptance of some paranormal beliefs and practices, such as astrology, fortune telling, aura reading, and some types of personality tests.

  • @johndemeritt3460
    @johndemeritt3460 4 ปีที่แล้ว +111

    Hey! Astrology is real! The Onion's Horoscopes last week said I'd be devoured by a lava monster -- and I was! If that isn't proof of astrology, I don't know what would be . . . .

    • @wayneurquhart1967
      @wayneurquhart1967 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It wasn't a lava monster, just your blanket.

    • @tipperzack
      @tipperzack 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      You got better?

    • @johndemeritt3460
      @johndemeritt3460 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tipperzack, no, I just got off the cart . . . .

    • @hedgehog1965uk
      @hedgehog1965uk 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      OMG, when I first read "devoured", I read it as "deflowered" and I thought "that's gotta hurt".

    • @hedgehog1965uk
      @hedgehog1965uk 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tipperzack Holy Grail reference? ;)

  • @nemanjasavic2252
    @nemanjasavic2252 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    I like how he keeps debunking them in so many ways. Everything he said is logical and have sense. I love this man. You got yourself a new subscriber!

  • @KBXband
    @KBXband 2 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    My ex was a cancer just like me and she broke up with me because she said I "smothered" her. I literally saw her once every month and we communicated via text, all of which I initiated because she never wanted to talk to me. She used astrology as a reason she couldn't be going out with me and I wondered why I didnt break up with her sooner.

    • @MechEngineer37
      @MechEngineer37 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Your ex was a cancer, but also your ex was cancer. Funny how that works

    • @Mo.1988
      @Mo.1988 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Lmaoooo

    • @oldschoolman1444
      @oldschoolman1444 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Sounds like you are better off without her.

    • @Amazingz874
      @Amazingz874 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      This is similar to example like, twins born in same day and time, but different personalities. That’s one of the reasons, IT’S FAKE.

    • @FaptainCalcon750
      @FaptainCalcon750 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Taking astrology super seriously is a big red flag for me in dating.

  • @DE23
    @DE23 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    There is a difference between "My horoscope was right, what a neat coincidence", and " I'm gonna stop being friend with some one because Jupiter was kinda bright when I was born"

    • @looool6402
      @looool6402 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      the sun was bright when i was born

  • @michaelpisciarino5348
    @michaelpisciarino5348 5 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    0:28 Astrology.
    12 Zodiacs determine your personality
    1:15 Part 1: A mechanism of action
    How does celestial position influence us?
    2:09 Four Forces
    - Strong Nuclear Force - Weak Nuclear Force
    - Electromagnetic Force -Gravity
    3:44 How can Gravity dictate your personality at birth? - It Can't
    6:20 Let's assume Astrology is true.
    7:16 Astrologers fail the test.
    8:28 Faternal Twins, same person, same chart. Are they identical? Definitely not.
    9:35 *Part 2: Horoscopes*
    - Most horoscopes are vauge, listing nice things for everyone
    11:48 It must correlate with reality
    13:00 Failure of predictions = Phoney
    13:58 Equations need to explain Reality
    14:49 Who is it hurting?
    - The Regan Administration entertained an Astrologer
    16:25 It's comforting. But it is absurd.

    • @JGM0JGM
      @JGM0JGM 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ​@p lr And how is seasonal biology impacted by gravity, exactly?

    • @JGM0JGM
      @JGM0JGM 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@p lr And how is seasonal biology impacted by gravity, exactly?

    • @JGM0JGM
      @JGM0JGM 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @p lr "At different times during the year, the northern or southern axis is closer to the sun."
      Seasons have nothing to do with distances, you need to understand how season works before you can actually try to use them as a factor for anything. For instance, during the summer in the Northern hemisphere, the Earth is further away form the Sun then in the winter.
      Nothing of anything you wrote has to do with gravity. The gravity all of us feel with regards to the Sun or the Moon is equal, unless you factor in elevation, in which case it varies very slightly, minutely, in fact. So, if you want to use tise minute differences felt due to elevation (or, say, the distance from the Sun), you need to explain how all people born at the same time in the same area end up being totally different people despite feeling exactly the same gravity.
      If you backtrack with gravity and stick to "seasonal biology", then you still need to explain how all people born during the same "season" end up being different.
      You are just replacing old pseudo superstitious "science" by new woo woo that is also pseudo science.

    • @JGM0JGM
      @JGM0JGM 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @p lr You are still just jabbering away with empty comments.
      //" Seasons have nothing to do with distances, " WHAT ? //
      Yes, distance is not the factor that influence seasons, it has absolutely nothing to do with it. Tell you what, you seem to be the type of person who enjoys doing research. Why don't you tell me what is the main factor that creates seasons? Describe its effect.
      Finally, again, none of this has to do with gravity influencing someone's birth and behavioural or personality development. So you are still very wrong about that.

    • @JGM0JGM
      @JGM0JGM 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @p lr Lol, typical expected response from someone promoting empty pseudo scientific woo.
      Let's remember how this started:
      //How can Gravity dictate your personality at birth? - It Can't
      Really? Ever heard of Seasonal biology? Go check and you might be surprised//
      So far, you have spectacularly failed to connect "seasonal biology" with gravity and you demonstrated you do not understand how seasons work.
      Finally, even if you had successfully connected gravity with seasonal biology, you would still have the same failure astrology faces: Why do people born under the same "seasonal biology" effect end up being so drastically different? Unless, of course, you can demonstrate that all people born during the same seasonal biology period have the same personality. Good luck with that.
      So you can continue to insult me and throw a tantrum, it will just make it more obvious you have no idea what you are talking about.

  • @darwinvironomy3538
    @darwinvironomy3538 4 ปีที่แล้ว +114

    *"I'm a cancer, how about you?"*
    Hello cancer, i'm Killer T.
    Have a nice day!

    • @red2theelectricboogaloo961
      @red2theelectricboogaloo961 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      hi killer T. im a metastasis. have a nice day

    • @zyugyzarc
      @zyugyzarc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      biology joke

    • @darwinvironomy3538
      @darwinvironomy3538 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@zyugyzarc yes.

    • @robinchesterfield42
      @robinchesterfield42 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hi, I'm a macrophage! I just need a sec to clean up after the last cancer cells that got killed in here, then I'll be right with you!
      ("Cells at Work" is a very educational anime lol. :P)

    • @inamdarsaquib9528
      @inamdarsaquib9528 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi I am alpha interpheron

  • @couldntgetagoodname
    @couldntgetagoodname 2 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    I heard an interesting argument for astrology, at least historically, and only pertaining to personality. The concept is that if you go back in time, to a agrarian or hunter-gatherer type society, the time of year of your birth might influence your personalities based on the seasonal flow of time, but also depends on a nurture-centric view of the nature-nurture discussion of personal development.
    Like a child born in spring, when food stores from the previous season are running low, and maybe game is harder to find might go hungry, where a child born after harvest might have a different temperament by virtue of them having more ready access to food. The assignment is arbitrary, but tagging them to annual cycles (whether that be a month, zodiac sign, or other predictable pieces) might have some bearing. At least in the past

    • @looool6402
      @looool6402 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      "at least in the past" no shit
      the past has bad sources
      there is no science

    • @couldntgetagoodname
      @couldntgetagoodname 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Gjergj Kastrioti “insightful”

    • @couldntgetagoodname
      @couldntgetagoodname 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @Gjergj Kastrioti I'm not insinuating that my comment was insightful, I'm sarcastically saying yours was. Sorry that it didn't come across that way. But maybe try critical reading? I said, "the time of year of your birth might influence your personalities based on the seasonal flow of time, but also depends on a nurture-centric view of the nature-nurture discussion of personal development."
      You seem to be projecting. At no point did I make the argument that "your personality and destiny" are determined by your birthdate. Conversely, I'm saying in a pre-industrial world, the time of year (note I'm not saying date) can have an influence (influences are not predestinations) on personality. True, so does society, education, religion, and culture. But astrology, as it's presented here, is utilized by Europeans. In a pre-industrial Europe, are overwhelmingly agrarian, Christian, and uneducated, and while not culturally monolithic, they were more similar to each other than to other regions of the world.
      I'm not sure why by historical prospective, that I identified as a *historical prospective* in the first sentence bothers you so.

    • @couldntgetagoodname
      @couldntgetagoodname 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Gjergj Kastrioti Never said I was, I suggested you critically read. I'm not even claiming ownership of the concept. But go stew some more, buddy.

    • @Anatta-Phi
      @Anatta-Phi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@couldntgetagoodname don't worry, kid is a fundamentally incurious and obnoxious person. You made no failing in the debate, and your point stands. Natural environments DO have predictable as well as random effects on pre-natal and childhood development. You aren't at all wrong, and this guy doesn't seem capable of much "thought outside the box". Be Love. Be Free.

  • @Metonymy1979
    @Metonymy1979 4 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    My sister went to a psychic once. The lady said she "sees" that she works with her hands. Considering she had hands at the time....
    Psychic

    • @SirArthurTheGreat
      @SirArthurTheGreat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I only go into work with my hands taped behind my back

    • @scottgrohs5940
      @scottgrohs5940 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ah, I see you’re trying my patented Taped Workout Routine to strengthen your forearm muscles. Did you buy the deluxe plan or just the basic?

  • @BatzelChaos
    @BatzelChaos 4 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    I'm 14 years old and my mom believes in astrology. Bu you know what? I have been telling her it makes no sense for YEARS. With my limited understanding of the science, I can tell in a few seconds that astrology does. make. no. sense.

    • @nebulan
      @nebulan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Talk to her about it with kindness and keep learning science 😊 point out some things that don't make sense and discuss them (not argue) good luck

    • @clownworldhereticmyron1018
      @clownworldhereticmyron1018 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Everyone has some irrational and illogical beliefs. The best thing you can do for yourself is subject your own beliefs and ideas to scrutiny whenever possible. It's often exceptionally difficult to change someone else's perspective if it is deeply held.

    • @guystyle8062
      @guystyle8062 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@clownworldhereticmyron1018 Not everyone has irrational and illogical beliefs. Sure, most people do. In general, people are dumb, but not everyone carries such beliefs.

    • @AWildBard
      @AWildBard 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      stay strong

    • @efemerickeser898
      @efemerickeser898 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same

  • @thekwjiboo
    @thekwjiboo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    My parents were born on the same day of the same year and you couldn't find 2 people who are more different from each other.

    • @2112SNEEK
      @2112SNEEK 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Isn't this some sort of fact in the case of talking about parents?

    • @lolama3819
      @lolama3819 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      But at different time zone
      And even if they are same signs do they need to act same ? No
      Same zodiac signs won't match completely.

    • @thekwjiboo
      @thekwjiboo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@lolama3819 I don't think you quite understand the extent to which they're different. They're polar opposites in almost every respect. If zodiac signs supposedly have some effect on a person's personality, how could 2 people with the literal exact same zodiac circumstances be absolutely antithetical to one another personality wise?

    • @lolama3819
      @lolama3819 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@thekwjiboo two people having same everything still try to dominate one over the other...try to be lazy more than the other...try to win arguments ..fire +fire = big fire (angry)
      Water + water = water ( cold - just emotional)
      Fire + water = fire boils water ,water put out fire .....like wise earth and air elements too

    • @thekwjiboo
      @thekwjiboo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@lolama3819 what in the world are you talking about? I looked up "irrelevant" in the dictionary and by some strange magic what you just wrote there came up as the definition. Even had my parents never met, their personalities would still be polar opposites, so what you said here is just nonsense.

  • @heictorbellato4894
    @heictorbellato4894 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    "Astrology is flat earth socially accepted" - some guy

  • @richardweiss326
    @richardweiss326 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Please release a video to counter the utter nonsense that is crystal healing

    • @rickkwitkoski1976
      @rickkwitkoski1976 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why? YOU can find other ones that already do that. Besides, maybe research (NOT watch videos!) it yourself and create your own debunking of it.
      Find the Steve Mould video that shows what the piezoelectric phenomenon of crystals is. It's pretty good and JUST physics!
      I laughed many years ago at two young ladies who "believed" in the power of crystals.
      This was when all of the pseudo-crap was really just beginning. I had NO IDEA how much it would grow to take of the minds of so many gullible morons!

  • @maeborowski3554
    @maeborowski3554 3 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    - What is your sign?
    - I'm a dinosaur.
    - That isn't a valid sign.
    - None are.

    • @fr0stburn798
      @fr0stburn798 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      nc

    • @filipe.sm31
      @filipe.sm31 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@fr0stburn798 what nc means?

    • @filipe.sm31
      @filipe.sm31 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@fr0stburn798 lol. Thanks

    • @Tanishka101
      @Tanishka101 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I had a conversation with a 4 year old recently where I asked him if he knew his star sign. He had no idea and asked me what it was so I explained the concept and said he was an Aries. His reply was… ‘no I’m not, I’m a T Rex’! 😂

    • @mimi-milkymulti_fandoms6735
      @mimi-milkymulti_fandoms6735 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mine is turtle

  • @cxx23
    @cxx23 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    There was a good point that could be made when you mentioned a car in your driveway having a bigger effect on us than the stars.
    That point being, if stars COULD affect our minds with their minute gravitational pulls, then they STILL wouldn't to any measurable degree.
    This is because if the stars can affect us at this distance, then so can all of the massive things that are here on earth.
    The results between individuals would be so incredibly chaotic that there would be zero consistency between two people born under the same star sign.
    So not only does astrology not work, but if it did, it would still not work.

    • @sammipanini
      @sammipanini 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Good point!
      Also, I have to pay the insurance for the car but I don't have to pay the insurance for the stars.

    • @cxx23
      @cxx23 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@sammipanini I'm glad you don't have to pay star insurance. The rates are insane.

  • @timothybrown5999
    @timothybrown5999 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I’m guessing most believers in astrology have never known someone born on the same day as them. Makes the differences between us easier to spot.

    • @Georg3e
      @Georg3e 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Or twins

    • @Shannon4710
      @Shannon4710 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@Georg3e Funny thing is that twins can be born under different star signs in rare circumstances.

  • @Crystal_959
    @Crystal_959 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    People tend to fall for anything that gives you flattering compliments and tells you you’re smart. That’s why so many people still take Internet personality tests. They tell you you’re smart, you’re a good friend, you’re loyal, etc. Things that, even if they were false about the person, they’d never consciously disagree with. They never tell you that you have attachment issues, or that you blow up small problems, or that you tend to overindulge yourself or disregard responsibility. Because then it’s much more apparent that they’re bogus and nobody wants to be told that.

    • @PhylumVertebrae
      @PhylumVertebrae 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Whoaaa the way I feel so attacked but you’re not wrong :( it took some real crude honesty from myself to myself to magnify the glass and see these problems. Surprisingly enough, science is what’s helping me now. Got to thank chemistry for sending me deep down the science rabbit hole.

    • @user-cp8yy9vn6f
      @user-cp8yy9vn6f 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      true true

    • @ChrisF_1982
      @ChrisF_1982 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      They have been going to the wrong psychics. Go to the real deal and they will tell you that which you do not wish to hear

    • @klb9672
      @klb9672 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      They tell you that but in a more like a compliment rather than something negative so it seems like something you do because of how great you are. Just like saying a Ferrari is great but it needs a lot of fuel.So it only adds up to the hype.

  • @UsmevavyPanacek
    @UsmevavyPanacek 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Even from my position of someone, who enjoys good mystic experience, I would argue, that learning about world around enhanced my experience quite a bit- just watching sunset, with moon high in the sky and stars starting to appear, while knowing how incredibly huge, ancient and distant it all is, and all that had to happen to allow life to arise and gaze upon all that with at least some level of understanding, is in itself more profound experience than any mystical mumbo-jambo could give you.

  • @ferociousfeind8538
    @ferociousfeind8538 4 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    "Romance is in the air!"
    "She left me."
    That hits hard, ouch.

    • @Kualinar
      @Kualinar 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      «Lucky day"
      «Got hit by a bus»
      OUCH !

    • @simonspacek3670
      @simonspacek3670 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Romance was in the air. You can smell the romance she left you for...

    • @VaughanMcCue
      @VaughanMcCue 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@simonspacek3670 Dutch Ovens

    • @robinchesterfield42
      @robinchesterfield42 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Romance WAS in the air...they just didn't say for whom. :P (And, of course, getting hit by a bus also counts as luck--they just didn't say what kind.)

  • @presw2pw123
    @presw2pw123 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    "You're so interesting! What sign are you?"
    "Well, if you believe in all that, you tell me!"
    "OK! You're an Aries!"
    "No"
    "You're a Libra!"
    "No"
    "Oh! I know. Sagittarius! Right?"
    "No"
    Usually takes about 9-12 guesses to NAIL IT!
    I'm a Pisces, and I approved this message

    • @looool6402
      @looool6402 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      12? bruh that is an entire year lmao

  • @oliverneville5012
    @oliverneville5012 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Stars can totally have an effect on my life. The other night I looked up and saw one twinkling and said “oh hey that’s neat”. I wouldn’t of said that otherwise, can your science explain that.

    • @RichConnerGMN
      @RichConnerGMN 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      i was about to like this but then i realized you said wouldn't of

  • @shannonrhoads7099
    @shannonrhoads7099 4 ปีที่แล้ว +105

    I have a friend also born on the same day, one year older than I. We are radically different people. My horoscope predicted that I would learn something. I learned that horoscopes are wrong. So, they are right, right? :D

    • @Green24152
      @Green24152 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      you.

    • @hpsmash77
      @hpsmash77 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      infinite loop

    • @bait5257
      @bait5257 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lmao

    • @ZayabelDraga13
      @ZayabelDraga13 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I have a friend 10 years older than me, same birthday, completely different. Almost like... Your life experiences... Change you... NO!

    • @marialawal7449
      @marialawal7449 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If you're born on different years then you'll have a different natal chart
      So your moon (feeling) sign, venus(love and materialistic gains), mars(actions), mercury (communication), the other planets, lilith (your dark side)
      I spent so many years researching this stuff lol.
      Even if it's not true, it was a childhood hobby of mine.

  • @benjones2414
    @benjones2414 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I want a star sign section of a magazine to just ruthlessly insult everyone based on their star sign

  • @bobbobson2291
    @bobbobson2291 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Dave, I just sorted comments by new, and seeing your replies made my day

  • @morganlucchi
    @morganlucchi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    A friend of mine is convinced astrology is true and did a complete analysis of astrology for my personality.
    I'm still amazed at how she never realized one planet meant "I am [adjective]" and another meant "I am not [same adjective as before]" despite me telling her

    • @lukestrauss6224
      @lukestrauss6224 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That’s so saggitarius of u omg

    • @Anatta-Phi
      @Anatta-Phi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Willful blissful ignorance

    • @apothecurio
      @apothecurio 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Selection Bias for the win.

    • @timothybrown5999
      @timothybrown5999 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They only see the hits and ignore the misses

  • @Balikon
    @Balikon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    "...and it has only survived for one reason" - It is a business.

  • @JohnJohnson-hl4fv
    @JohnJohnson-hl4fv 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Astrology is real! I had my chart done, and it said I was super smart, and real good-looking.

    • @martiqmarty
      @martiqmarty 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Damn mine chart was real too! I was told i was being able to breath and to live. And guess what i am actually not dead and i am indeed capable of breathing!! Crazy

    • @balmaceda01
      @balmaceda01 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Im sure it was done by your loving mother

    • @abhrajitdhar4628
      @abhrajitdhar4628 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh wait doesn't that mean they got it wrong( sorry but couldn't resist it)

    • @abhrajitdhar4628
      @abhrajitdhar4628 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Azazel Dreciare my god dude

  • @PureLogic777
    @PureLogic777 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I once briefly dated a girl that had an astrology book on 365 birthdays. For each birthday it included a list of a few other "soulmate birthdays". She asked my birthday and was like "OMG! You're my soul mate!", and embarrassed me by excitedly telling others that we are soulmates. lol

    • @palpatine6197
      @palpatine6197 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I see why the relationship was brief

    • @thunderd7904
      @thunderd7904 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@palpatine6197HA!

  • @curvynewyorker3322
    @curvynewyorker3322 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I have a set of fraternal twin girls born four minutes apart, and they couldn't be more different. They are 21 years old now and are still just as unique as the day they were born.

  • @yalikehueylewisandthenews
    @yalikehueylewisandthenews 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    POV: you’re scrolling through the comments looking for Dave’s replies to stupid people

  • @nebulan
    @nebulan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Me and my twin sister are Leos. This means...
    Our parents got cozy in winter 😳

  • @regionalflyer
    @regionalflyer 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Fiction. I just saved everyone 18 minutes 👍🏻

  • @philiptaylor2366
    @philiptaylor2366 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    “All these worlds are ours for the taking!” Except Europa. Attempt no landing there.

  • @jeffersonott4357
    @jeffersonott4357 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Thanks

  • @thomaspennington3529
    @thomaspennington3529 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I studied astrology a long time ago. Most of the descriptions where vague and suggested that through "maturity" a person could reverse a challenging influence. The array of possible influences 12 houses 12 signs 10 planets 2 nodes with aspects between them could generate more 10.000 distinct charts most with internally conflicting trends. This make astrology as a system hard to meaningfully test. Making it nearly meaningless. A test that I though would be interesting is take the birth dates and the charges of prisoners and check for clustering, If it was basically smooth then aspects and the sun have not even theoretical influence. If it clusters and there is some periodicity, then there maybe something that is like astrology.

  • @independentballerina
    @independentballerina 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I believed in Astrology so far... I used to think 'it may have an effect'... But.. It is so clear... Thank you.. I think I can leave the fear of Saturn behind and go live my life now.. this is the most clear video about astrology I have ever seen. No questions left behind.. Thank you

  • @sofiandeclercq1818
    @sofiandeclercq1818 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I'm a saggitarius. That means that by nature I'm more skeptic towards astrology.

    • @hifismiffy
      @hifismiffy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Billy Connolly says Saggitareans are Half Man, Half Horse - licenced to shit in the street !!

  • @TheRealAxolotlAnimates
    @TheRealAxolotlAnimates 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    I was born under the sign of the Bees. If you see all those sparkley dots in the sky, you were too! People born under this sign:
    Have feelings
    Think Thoughts
    Are either introverted or extroverted or between.
    Were born at some point

    • @spoofy5207
      @spoofy5207 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      it's amazing! this describes me perfectly!

    • @kidkangaroo5213
      @kidkangaroo5213 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I read that tumblr post too. Nice copypaste, dweebus

    • @tausiftaha12
      @tausiftaha12 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      r/Tumblr repost lol

    • @blakksheep736
      @blakksheep736 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Veri halpful, t'anks.

    • @looool6402
      @looool6402 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wow Me tO!!!!!

  • @choojunwyng8028
    @choojunwyng8028 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The main flaw in horoscopes which most people know the most about : they are so vague that it basically applies to anyone. I will do this experiment on my own, giving the same horoscopes to people with different birth dates.

  • @duytran9086
    @duytran9086 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Human: thinking that they are unique, that everyone is different from one another.
    Also human: believes in Astrology.

  • @mojofier1909
    @mojofier1909 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Astrology is fun to take at a shallow level for those who want to, but if you are basing things that are very important and can impact me negatively, then I am gonna be cautious. Edit: the star signs you see... they are imprints of a longer time ago so.... :|

  • @thegoodlydragon7452
    @thegoodlydragon7452 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Somebody told me that her boyfriend was really good at telling people about themselves from their star signs. I asked him if he knew what mine was. At first he didn’t want to guess, but when I got him to guess he guessed wrong. Whenever that happens and then I tell the person they always claim right afterwards that they were one guess away from the correct one and that I’m so much like the sign would suggest. Astrology people are just really attached to it for some reason.

    • @surveysergei3209
      @surveysergei3209 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Whatever your experience is it's so far from astrology. Astrology is not about guessing signs, you got it all wrong and he scammed you.

    • @LordDoucheBags
      @LordDoucheBags 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Survey Sergey astrology itself is a scam

  • @MrU4theChillWind
    @MrU4theChillWind 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I was born under the House of the Rising Sun.
    That sign's been the ruin of many a poor boy
    And Lord, I know I'm one.

    • @prophetmargin7497
      @prophetmargin7497 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      A classic by "The Animals!"

    • @robinchesterfield42
      @robinchesterfield42 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      XD Well if we're doing '60s classics...
      "When the moon is in the seventh house, and Jupiter aligns with Mars..."

  • @_robinmc__-thesteve5380
    @_robinmc__-thesteve5380 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    This was so well made and hit every angle so well. Can't believe this if you made more politics videos you would be destroying people, you have an ability with destroying stupid things to the complete extent they can be ridiculed without trying to ridicule anything, and actually stating what your motif is - the noble cause of improving humanity. Cheers to that.

  • @petermanou9083
    @petermanou9083 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Video: Astrology: Fact or Fiction?
    Ad: The day of you birth was no accident. take the ten second quiz to determine your guardian angle.

    • @robertbarrass9176
      @robertbarrass9176 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I'd love to find my guardian angle. I bet it's 30°.

    • @petermanou9083
      @petermanou9083 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@robertbarrass9176 Shut up, I'm dyslexic.

    • @robertbarrass9176
      @robertbarrass9176 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@petermanou9083 My star sign is an asshole so I couldn't resist.

    • @harshvardhan4766
      @harshvardhan4766 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@petermanou9083 same, how everyone getting the same ad

    • @robinchesterfield42
      @robinchesterfield42 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ohmygoddess that's amazing. I didn't see that one. But I'm pretty sure my guardian angle is kinda obtuse.
      (sorry but I had to. ;))

  • @jimmyshrimbe9361
    @jimmyshrimbe9361 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    This video is awesome! And that outro....wow. Worthy of Carl Sagan, I think.

  • @samir6047
    @samir6047 4 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    THANK YOU for this!
    Astrology is one of the oldest scams in this world. Thanks for being calm and using logic to debunk this nonsense. Unlike me who get frustrated and calls them and their crystals stupid 😆

    • @cxx23
      @cxx23 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      You got a problem with crystals?!?
      Have you seen the beautiful labradorite, staurolite, chiastolite, or watermelon tourmaline?
      I'm just messing with you, I know you meant in the magical crystal healing sense.
      I'm just a rock and mineral guy.

    • @angelmendez-rivera351
      @angelmendez-rivera351 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      cxx23 I don't know who you are, but I have respect for you.

  • @privatehuff
    @privatehuff 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Going back to older stuff in 2022 it's wild how Dave has really refined his delivery over time 👍

  • @mrsweetpotato4354
    @mrsweetpotato4354 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The amazing randy ( a famous magician) used to write horoscopes for a small newspaper in California , what he would do to save time from having to make charts is that he would take horoscopes from other old newspaper and then just randomly switch the signs for each horoscope . With little effort he gained quite a following until he let all the readers in on his ruse

  • @melance
    @melance 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    My take away is that your astrology sign should be determined by the distance at your birth from the nearest toaster oven.

  • @nowthatsjustducky
    @nowthatsjustducky 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    You will experience some discomfort when the moon passes through Uranus.

    • @PanosB67
      @PanosB67 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      What?

    • @sfsen
      @sfsen 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I drink a lot of juice. It gives pleasure during the discomfort.

    • @nowthatsjustducky
      @nowthatsjustducky 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@PanosB67 That is your horoscope today.

    • @PanosB67
      @PanosB67 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nowthatsjustducky wtf are you talking about?

    • @nowthatsjustducky
      @nowthatsjustducky 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@PanosB67 Forget it. I'm changing your horoscope to an Onion classic...
      So then...
      Just as you discover all of life's answers, you suddenly explode into a pile of carbonized bones.

  • @mrsherwood2599
    @mrsherwood2599 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Astrology totally works- it perfectly predicts stupidity.