Alicorn comments on Splinters and Wooden Beams - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Alicorn 28 February 2010 04:58:15PM *  4 points [-]

After all, if someone you know is planning to quit her job and move to Alaska because her horoscope told her that Tauruses need more spontaneity, you shouldn't tell her to stay because she's actually an Aries. You tell her to stay because astrology is provably bogus.

Maybe you should, if you're in a hurry or she's likely to stop listening to you entirely should you assault astrology too directly... (and if she's actually an Aries).

Comment author: knb 28 February 2010 07:08:32PM 1 point [-]

Maybe, but what I was getting at was that if a person believes in astrology that strongly, she's probably just going to obey the horoscope's prescription for Aries instead.

Comment author: Alicorn 28 February 2010 07:18:45PM 2 points [-]

But maybe Aries's horoscope has less destructive encouragements.