[lit-ideas] Re: Indian Courts rule astrology is a science, Popper not consulted

  • From: John McCreery <john.mccreery@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2011 12:30:11 +0900

Ban astrology? Next thing you know, someone will want to ban economics and
management consulting....

John

On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 5:44 AM, Mike Geary <jejunejesuit.geary2@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> So is this or isn't it the Age of Aquarius?
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> Mike Geary
> Memphis
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> On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 2:19 PM, Donal McEvoy <donalmcevoyuk@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
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>> I readily take the point, palma, that there is a fundamental difference
>> between selling quack pills masquerading as effective medicines and seeking
>> payment for some astrological prediction, and that the newspaper report does
>> not go into detail on the relevant law and its purpose, and it may well be
>> that the court's decision is not based on any strict analysis of what is
>> "science" but on whether astrology should be excluded from the harms that
>> the law is there seeking to prevent, and therefore the finding it is a
>> "science" for the purpose of the law under consideration may be deemed
>> correct as a matter of purposive construction and on grounds of public
>> policy. The point that Popper was not consulted because he is dead is also
>> well-made, though I maintain they could still have consulted his works which
>> are available in all good bookshops.
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>> Donal
>> Bottom Club 2 Top Club 1
>> Yes, Mr. Ritchie, by Jove
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>> --- On Sat, 5/2/11, palma <palma@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> > as you can tell, it is not the indian
>> > women of your camp (what is your "camp"? do you live in
>> > india?)
>> > who're idiots
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