Astrology is a science: Bombay HC

[SecularMotion]

Source: Times of India

MUMBAI: Astrology has been debunked by most world scientists including India's renowned physicist Prof. Yash Pal. However, it is "science" in India.

The Bombay High Court reaffirmed this on Thursday when it dismissed a PIL that had challenged astrology as science.

The PIL was filed by an NGO, Janhit Manch that had sought action against 'fake' astrologers, tantriks, practitioners of Vastu shastra etc.

"So far as prayer related to astrology is concerned, the Supreme Court has already considered the issue and ruled that astrology is science. The court had in 2004 also directed the universities to consider if astrology science can be added to the syllabus. The decision of the apex court is binding on this court," observed the judges.

Read more: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Astrology-is-a-science-Bombay-HC/articleshow/7418795.cms

[SpiralHawk]

1. "Cool." - Ronald Reagan's Dead Republicon Astrologer*

"All of us Republicon occultists knew it was just a matter of time. Take that, you scientific materialist libs. Smirk. Sneer."

- Ronald Reagan's Dead Republicon Astrologer*


* Courageously channeled by the intrepid SH from the vast netherworld of Republicon darkside occultism.

[marasinghe]

18. touche` :D (n/t)

[FLPanhandle]

2. We have creation scientists and they have astrology

Obviously neither group knows what science is.

[sunnystarr]

11. In the words of Sir Isaac Newton

to astronomer Edmund Halley when he berated astrology... “Sir Halley, I have studied the matter, you have not!”

[Matilda]

12. That would be Sir Edmund.

n/t

[DavidDvorkin]

13. He would have called him Sir Edmund.

[liberation]

3. In other news Bombay HC does not know what "science" means

news at 11.

[AtheistCrusader]

4. Michael Behe will be happy to hear that, after Kitzmiller vs. Dover Area School District.

[chaplainM]

5. Obscure, but hilarious!

[AtheistCrusader]

8. I have a loooooong memory.

And I never forgive. :)

[Volaris]

17. and speaking of obscure (and Hindu based) references....

The Frenchman posts among us....apparently=)

[sakabatou]

9. Behe: Now, let us revive alchemy!

[Volaris]

16. Why is it that Kitzmiller v.Dover was also the first thing I thought about when I read the article..

Oh, yeah...cause I know the difference between Science and snake oil, thats why=)

[Leithan]

6. PIL?

:shrug:

[Art_from_Ark]

15. PIL= Public Interest Litigation

[AlbertCat]

7. Astrology is a science: Bombay HC

Which kind of Astrology?

I'm sure the Hindu variety is not like our Greco-Roman version, or the Chinese version, or the Aztec version, or any of the myriad of versions every ancient civilization made up.


If it's the year of the rat, and Mars is in the 7th house with the moon rising in your sign, does that mean that the world will be destroyed in 2012 by Shiva?

[DetlefK]

10. Astrologists are fighting a soul-eating demon called "statistics".

This is a run-of-the-mill problem for any experimentalist: How do I know, which of two theories (astrology <-> random distribution) fits best to my data?
There are several mathematical/computational methods to discern this, and I bet none of those are taught in astrology class.



Imagine an astrologist accuses his rival: "Your predictions are not better than random predictions and my calculations prove it." :D

[SpiralHawk]

19. Scientists are trying to use rational tools to measure

a phenomenon that is transrational.

A lot like using a ruler to measure how heavy something is. Cluelessness exists.

Meh.

[Codeine]

14. Pathetic. Just fucking pathetic. nt

[KoKo]

20. There's something kind of "interesting" about this in a metaphysical way.