Random Acts of Human Arrogance

[kyburg]

Heard about Pluto. Yeah, sure. Whatever. I predict a reversal in less than 10 years. Somebody is going to change their mind, just watch for it. I assure you, Pluto does not friggin' care what we call it. If you can live on it, it's home for someone. Who cares what gets called a planet and what doesn't? Honestly.

In the same vein? David Plotz is blogging the Bible at Slate.

*thinks* I have at least four copies of the Bible at home, various translations (including a Catholic version) and 12 versions on CD for comparison's sake.

This, ought to be good.

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/little_e_/]

Some astrologers already use large asteroids and moons and such things, so probably not too much of a hissy fit. And the best explanation for astrology I've heard (i.e. that wasn't pure mumbo-jumbo) was that it works like sifting bits of graphite over a sheet of paper to seek out imprinted lines--it's not the graphite that's important, but the lines. Or to put it another way, it's just a tool to get at what's already going on in people's psyches--and changing the planets and whatnot thererfore doesn't really affect it...

[poetpaladin.livejournal.com]

Good. I'm sure astrologers will find a good explanation anyway.

Like, "This is astrology, not astronomy." :)