The difference between astrology and astronomy 20 Aug 2009 … about 50 IQ points: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4F5z8cVux0&hl=en&fs=1&] General Science Humor Religion
Humor Right there in black and white 10 Jul 2008 If a black hole is where common sense is lost, is a white hole where we spew out absurdities? To say so seems like blackmail, which only yellow dogs employ, with a niggardly vocabulary. It’s a red flag, I tell you! I’m completely browned off. Don’t let the MSM whitewash… Read More
Evolution Explaining religion 4 – Wolves and gods 6 Nov 2007 The saying that “man is a wolf to man” comes from a saying of Erasmus of Rotterdam, but it is incomplete. The Latin is Homo homini aut deus aut lupus or “Man is either a god or a wolf to man”. I’m beginning to wonder if there is a difference… Read More
How interesting. I just pointed out on Pharyngula that the ancient Greeks did do astrology. However, the video is pretty funny.
Yes, they did, mostly based on a set of ideas from Anatolia which codified the Persian practices, but they also did astronomy. But you can’t expect historical accuracy from a video which mentions Zeus as a living individual…