Psychohistorian comments on Splinters and Wooden Beams - Less Wrong
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This seems just plain wrong. If "winning" is "getting her not to quit and move to Alaska," pointing out this error seems like a very rational approach; I would even call it the most rational obvious solution. You could, then, conceivably use this error to make a greater point about the problems with astrology as a belief system. But if your immediate goal is stopping the move, giving someone who already strongly believes in astrology a lecture on epistemology is not a winning proposition.