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When did I do that?
It is also a factual statement by people who do understand science and are tired of seeing scientific fundamentalism instill a smug sense of certainty in people who claim to be scientific.
I never claimed that astrology is true. All I said was that absolute statements are unscientific.
You did say astrology could be true:
But really you just fell for the Barnum effect.
If you don't understand the difference between saying that something is true, and saying that there is a possibility of something being true, you offer no value in scientific discourse.
Says the person who thinks a single data point with no control is a "test", to someone who is a well published Doctor of Chemistry and has been practicing science for the last 15 years.
Yeah buddy, you go ahead and say I'm the one offering no value to scientific discourse. How many peer-reviewed papers have you published?
This guy's a nut job his whole argument is that 100% truth cannot be known while admitting that science is a great tool for knowing 99% of the truth he's actually proud of being 1% correct. 😅