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Mad Science.
I
used to have a great deal of respect for scientists, in fact in my early
years I used to be one. Since I began to study astrology I became
increasingly aware of an almost pathological need to ridicule and destroy
a subject I believed to be - and still believe to be - a subject of great
depth and truth with much to offer. If scientists really do think that
astrology is rubbish why don't they just leave it at that; there is no
need to mount open warfare on something deemed to be irrelevant. So why
then do we have constant attacks and ridicule, and why are the people
responsible so bigoted and blinded by their own egos? Things have now
taken a more sinister turn, which has prompted me to fight back and treat
the enemy like they treat us.
I
came across a web site for children run by the scientists at NASA in which
astrology is completely misrepresented and made to look foolish. You can
see it for yourself at: http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/st6starfinder/st6starfinder2.shtml
Obviously
the writer had based his or her assumptions on the ramblings of Sun Sign
cowboys rather than from direct contact with genuine astrologers. Perhaps
this was deliberate? I immediately responded with an e-mail outlining the
false assumptions and mistakes. The main thrust centered around their
inability to distinguish between the Constellations [which we never use]
and the Zodiac, and an assumption that we believe the planets exude some
strange 'influence' - which we do not. My e-mail was completely ignored.
Ten further e-mails were sent in an attempt to get a reply - all were
ignored. Not only is this the height of bad manners, it plainly shows that
NASA has its own twisted agenda involving putting false ideas into the
minds of innocent children and refuses to listen to alternative ideas. The Nazis, Communists, and other dictatorial
regimes used the same principles.
Scientists
- who needs them?.
It
would be fitting to examine the behaviour of those who pour scorn on a
subject they have never bothered to study and who will go to almost any
lengths to provide their version of the 'truth'.
Scientists,
otherwise known as Bastards in White Coats, [BWC, for short] have been
with us for some time, not as long as astrologers who predate them by
several thousand years, but long enough for them to have established
themselves as the 'authority' on all things worldly. The fact that this was done by
ignoring any opposition rather than listening to it seems to have been
overlooked. Even today any
attempt by someone in their own ranks to step outside of the rigid
framework or arrogance and bigotry which stands as the foundation of
science will be rigorously hounded until they conform. So much for truth
and open-mindedness. Yet, this arrogant, we-know-it-all face of the
scientific establishment has for decades lulled us into believing that
scientists are reliable, honorable people whose integrity is beyond
question, and as a result we the public have allowed the BWC to run amok
indulging in their fantasies and spending billions of pounds damaging the
planet and its inhabitants. .
The
prime directive of the BWC is not as you would think that of helping
mankind or even just advancing science - it is PROFIT. Why? Because all
BWC worthy of note are owned by giant pharmaceutical and multinationals whose sole aim is not to rid the world of disease, rather it is to make
huge profits from disease. Other BWC are gainfully employed in other
useful areas, such as weapons of mass destruction. Yes, hard as it might
be for you to visualise, there are actually people who seek to improve the
killing efficiency of a gas or virus so that their masters can rack up
even more impressive profits. Selling one's soul doesn't seem to bother
your average BWC.
Naturally,
the scientific fraternity has a constant propaganda output designed to
gloss over the huge cost of useless, egocentric projects [missions to
Mars] or to spread disinformation about the latest insane interference
with natural laws done for the sole purpose of generating of fat profits
and flattering the ego's of certain 'cutting edge' BWC. But, don't be
fooled, look carefully at the dubious benefits that science has given us.
Here are just some:
All
weapons of warfare, including such delights as nerve gasses and
biological weapons. Millions more have died as a direct result of
scientific 'improvements'.
Pollution
in all its forms is caused by noxious and toxic chemicals developed by BWC for pure profit. Pesticides and other lethal chemicals were poured
onto the countryside almost wiping out the ecology - all in the interests
of profit. You will be hard pressed even today to find food which is free
from toxic substances absorbed during crop spraying. To add insult to
injury the BWC have developed a whole range of poisons to be deliberately
added to our food - after all they know best. The long term effects of
this insanity has yet to be established, but you can bet that when the
finger of blame points towards a pharmaceutical company they will spend
decades, not to mention millions of pounds, avoiding any blame.
Safe
medication. To hear a BWC actually trying to justify torturing an
innocent animal to death for no other reason than to make fat profits is
sickening. Make no mistake, these people are out to make profits - not to
improve your life or health. Harming animals is the cheapest option. Not
that such testing amounts to much. The millions who got hooked on Valium [now rebranded as Diazepam] or the thousands crippled with Thalidomide
seem to have been badly let down by this so-called dependable system of
testing.
Every year, more and more products are withdrawn due to dangerous side
effects. Yet the testing goes on and on, people are still being harmed by side
effects, and animals are needlessly tortured.
Asbestos.
Thousands of people have died as a result of a product that scientists
told us was harmless. When it comes to admitting liabilty you won't see
them for dust.
Nuclear
energy. Cheap energy of all - or so they told us. In actual fact these
power stations were set up to produce weapons grade Plutonium used in the
making of nuclear weapons, the electricity generated was a cynical attempt
to cover this up. You will note that nuclear energy has consistently
failed to provide even a fraction of our needs. In the meantime, the real
problem of dangerous nuclear waste that will remain lethal for around
250.000 years is being swept under the carpet. And, whatever happened to
all that Plutonium that we no longer need to fuel the Cold War? Apparently
several tons of the stuff - enough to vaporise the entire planet - has
gone missing. Well at least we know it isn't in Iraq!
GM
Crops. No one wants this stuff, and the long term effects on the
ecology haven't even been looked at. Why? PROFIT. Lots and lots of lovely
money. But, if your children or grandchildren go down with strange
illnesses you won't see these people for dust. And who are these people?
BWC!
Genetic
engineering. Of all the ill thought out fantasies of deranged minds,
this is without doubt the worst. Of course, we hear the usual excuses of
wonder cures and scientific breakthroughs, but make no mistake this is all
being done for PROFIT and BWC being what they are - soulless - will
charge ahead with the same enthusiasm [and lack of care] they applied to
Thalidomide, except this time we cannot even begin to imagine what the
long term effects of genetic interference will be. The temptation to
produce a 'special' kind of human will also prove too much. Doesn't this
remind you of Nazi idealism about the Master Race? Be afraid - be very
afraid. Unless stopped, the BWC will destroy life as we know it.
So
there we have it, yet these people are treated with great respect by the
media [and the courts - remember the farce of one 'expert' who
successfully helped to imprison innocent people?] Whatever they say is
taken as gospel. We, on the other hand are barred from presenting our view
mainly due to the incorrect assumption that Astrology is connected to the
paranormal - which it isn't. Granted, when one looks at the antics of some
so-called Astrologers one could be forgiven for thinking that Astrologers
were a bunch of idiots and, to make matters worse, the BWC use these
people as an example of Astrology in action. No one seems interested in
listening to the views of the few competent people who practice genuine
Astrology. Plainly there is a mountain to climb before the subject is
given the respect it deserves - in the meantime the bigoted BWC continue
to dictate what is and what isn't seen in the media.
And
finally...
How
many billions of pounds are spent each year on:
Astronomy.
What use is it to the human race? Do we ever see anything other than the
occasional press statement?
Space
exploration. Again, what use is it it to you and I? How does
it benefit the human race?
Weapons
of mass destruction. Despite the obvious damage that can be
done they are still developing these monstrosities.
Big
Brother. Who do you think is developing all manner of gadgets
to spy on each one of us? Why are they doing this - other than to
pander to the aspirations of those who would seek to dominate the
World.
Wouldn't
the money be better spent on the poor and needy? Old people are
still dying of hypothermia yet we can give money to some lunatic
to grow an ear on the back of a Mouse! Mad, or what?
What
is really going on behind closed doors? Who is keeping track of
them? Who are they answerable to? Scientists are given almost
godlike status by governments and believed despite the mistakes of
the past. Why?
Don't
spend you your time pouring ridicule on Astrology, Mr. scientist.
No genuine Astrologer has ever knowingly harmed a single human
being which is more than can be said for you!
Spotlight
on Science.
How
to dig yourself into a hole.
I
am not one to indulge in scientist bashing - at least not on my day off
- but I never cease to wonder at the know-it-all arrogance of these
people. After watching ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE: THE EVIDENCE [BBC2 @ 9
p.m.], Kathy Sykes - a nice girl with a lovely smile, or is it a smug
grin? - investigated natural healing; faith healing to we lesser
mortals. To cut a long story short, she came to the conclusion that it
was all down to the placebo effect - in other words if you believe
you are cured then you are cured. What a strange conclusion for a
scientist to reach. This
raises two important points. Firstly, what about the energy being
transferred from the healer to the subject, usually experienced as a
gentle warmth or tingling in the area being treated? Secondly, if all we
have to do is believe, why then to we need science? Obviously this
latter point is not one that any supposedly open-minded scientist is
ever likely to explore. Over
to you Kathy...
13th
August 2007.
Astrology
Vs Science.
It
is widely assumed by critics, and indeed many others, that the
scientific method is the only way in which Astrology, or indeed any
other hypothesis can be tested, and it is further assumed that
scientists and the scientific method are infallible. On this basis, two
assertions are made by critics.
1]
Astrology has been repeatedly tested and no evidence of its validity has
been found. [This is not quite true - Michael Gauquelin established
beyond doubt that certain types of people have a statistically
significant placing of a Planet in a particular House]. However...
2]
Astrology is paranormal because James Randi said so. [Hardly proof
positive, but they believe him]. Many scientists hold to this view as
well.
The
infallibility of scientists.
The
assumption that scientists are infallible is a gross mistake and has
been proved to be incorrect on many occasions. Here is a list of the top
10 scientific blunders published by the highly respected Guardian
newspaper. This is not sensational journalism - it is fact.
Top
10 scientific blunders
Albert
Einstein once said: "Two things are infinite: the universe and
human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the universe." Never a
truer word was said.
The
revelation that scientists have been erroneously using cow, not sheep,
brains in a government-funded BSE research project is just the latest in
a long tradition of blunders that have existed since scientific
investigation began.
As
any researcher will tell you, science progresses through trial and
error, and mainly error. "One step forward, two steps back"
might be the researcher's motto. They are, after all, much more human
than we ever give them credit for.
Here
we list the 10 biggest cock-ups of all time. It is a highly subjective
hall of shame. But it covers the full range of academic disciplines -
showing that all academics are capable of making big mistakes. Sometimes
they are unintentional, sometimes not.
The
famous biologist, Stephen Jay Gould, has argued that scientists can
delude themselves - so keen are they to uncover a new discovery.
Sometimes blunders can be highly fortuitous - showed most dramatically
by the discovery of penicillin from an exposed Petri dish.
But
they all show that even our brightest brains - even Einstein - can get
it horribly wrong. "There is not the slightest indication that
energy will ever be obtainable from the atom," the great scientist
said just before the atomic age was born.
1]
Brain power: Scientists at the Institute for Animal Health in
Edinburgh secured a £200,000 government grant to find out whether BSE
has jumped the "species barrier" from cows into sheep. An
inquiry is now under way after it was found that scientists had been
mistakenly testing cattle brains instead of sheep brains for five years.
2]
Scientific Watergate: The US National Institutes of Health
investigatory panel found the immunologist Thereza Imanishi-Kari had
fabricated data in a 1986 research paper authored with the Nobel prize
winner David Baltimore. The findings claimed in the paper promised a
breakthrough for genetic modification of the immune system.
3]
Mein bumph: Oxbridge historian Hugh Trevor-Roper authenticated
the Hitler Diaries, unveiled as an exclusive by the German-based Stern
magazine. The diaries were later exposed as a hoax.
4]
Cold Fusion: In 1989 chemists Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischman,
of the University of Utah, claimed to have solved the world's energy
problems by discovering cold fusion. However, no-one has since been able
to replicate their findings of nuclear fusion in heavy water.
5]
Hubble Space Telescope: NASA scientists launched the Hubble
telescope to create a lens 10 to 20 times more powerful than those based
on earth. A gross design error in the main mirror was discovered
immediately after launch in April 1990. Hundreds of millions of pounds
were needed for the astronaut repair of the mirror.
6]
N-rays: A French physicist, René Blondlot, claimed to have
discovered a new type of radiation, shortly after Roentgen had
discovered X-rays. American physicist Robert Wood, however, revealed
that N-rays were little more than a delusion. Wood removed the prism
from the N-ray detection device, without which the machine couldn't
work. Yet, Blondlot's assistant still claimed he found N-rays.
7]
Academic standards: Cyril Burt, the 1960s guru of British
psychology, produced research into the intelligence of identical twins
which, among other findings, led to the assertions that academic
standards were falling. Years later the statistics were found to be
"too perfect" and it was discovered the twins - and even the
researcher alleged to have carried out the work - never existed.
8]
Piltdown man: In 1913 an ape's jaw with a canine tooth worn down
like a human's was uncovered at a site near Piltdown. British
paleoanthropologists came to accept the idea that the fossil remains
belonged to a single creature who had a human cranium and an ape's jaw -
offering the missing link between apes and humans in the evolutionary
chain. In 1953, Piltdown 'man' was exposed as a forgery. The skull was
modern and the teeth on the ape's jaw had been filed down.
9]
Alchemy: Sir Isaac Newton, the scientist who single-handedly
created the foundations of modern day physics, had a little known
obsession with alchemy, and was convinced for much of his life that he
would be able to change base metals into gold. Such a discovery would
have helped with his later job as master of the mint, but never
materialised.
10]
Flat Earth: Even though Christopher Columbus gave flat earth
theorists a reason to think twice, there are still flat earth societies
where people propose (and prove) elaborate explanations for why the
world actually is shaped like a pancake.
There
are of course many other examples.
Faced
with this sort of crackpot mentality, how can we be certain that the
same lack of foresight - even basic common sense - is not being applied
to Astrology? What guarantee do we have that that scientists testing
Astrology are indeed infallible, beyond reproach, and above all else -
open-minded. [More on this point later]. The answer is we have no such
guarantee, and we may never have one. Scientists are NOT infallible, but
what about the scientific method itself?
16th
August 2007. Astrology Vs science. The
scientific method.
Critics
suggest that the scientific method is the best method of testing
anything, and it is further guaranteed by what is known as ‘peer
review’, which simply means that scientists check the work of other
scientists and approve or reject their findings. It is very similar to
the procedure used by the police in this country, who investigate
themselves when there has been a major blunder - such as shooting an
innocent person. It hardly fills me with confidence, especially when
very few are brought to book. The term ‘whitewash’ comes to mind. So
what guarantee do we have that the scientific procedure is any better?
We don’t. Why was it that Thalidomide and Valium were released on an
unsuspecting public? How many drugs that were ‘tested’ have since
been mysteriously withdrawn due to unseen and dangerous side-effects?
The scientific method didn’t work in these cases.
Time
and time again we hear rumours in the Media that scientists have
withheld vital information or in some cases have deliberately falsified
data in order to improve the profits of their paymasters. I quote from Physics
Today:
Scientific
misconduct is not unique to industry, for the professional pressures in
universities, non-profit organisations, and federal laboratories are
similar and in many respects greater. The 1974 painted mouse episode at
Sloan-Kettering Institute and the recent report of data fabrication at
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory are cases in point. However, the
economic inducements to misconduct are especially easy to understand in
the case of private-sector research. Anyone who has worked in industry
long enough to have experienced a business cycle knows how unbearable
the job pressure can get when a company is in trouble and how this
pressure can turn otherwise excellent and honest scientists into willing
deceivers. It is neither uncommon nor hard to understand. Threaten a
resourceful person with loss of home and endangerment of family and it
is scarcely surprising that the person "innovates." The recent
findings of fraud at Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies the ostensibly false
claims of a new technology to suppress avalanche breakdown in
field-effect transistors are noteworthy only because of Bell's special
stature in American science and its reputation, both partly attributable
to Bell's having been shielded from such pressures by the old AT&T
monopoly.
When
applied to Astrology, the scientific method suffers from serious flaws.
The basic principle followed by scientists is to assume that Astrology
is without merit of any kind and then try to prove it. Without doubt,
when the prime motivation is to destroy and ridicule, is it any wonder
that their tests bear out their assumptions? Basically, you get what you
expect. I have always held to the view that in order for Astrology to be
investigated properly, one must use the open-mined approach of assuming
that there just might be something truthful here, then go looking
for it. If after leaving no stone unturned one still comes up with no
proof then the best way forward is not to declare that Astrology
is ‘unscientific’ or complete nonsense, but instead to leave the
matter in abeyance until new information comes to light. Alas, this
simple idea has yet to penetrate the dull brains of the unenlightened
critics and, dare I say, the bigoted scientists.
Motivation
is everything, and when that motivation is sensation-seeking, often with
an eye to profit and the adulation of fellow-critics, then the whole
system of scientific testing is undermined. Add to this the plain truth
that some tests have clearly shown bias and the withholding of vital
information, as in the infamous Carlson test, then we must assume that
the motivation is some circles is far from healthy. Add all this
together and it is very obvious that in the present climate Astrology is
not being treated fairly and is certainly not being tested in an
unbiased way. For some scientists, there is big money, accolades, and
lots of publicity, and that I suspect is one of the main motives for
Astrology testing. When there are definite rewards for being destructive
and contriving biased tests rather than adopting an open-mined approach,
what hope for the future? Sad, isn’t it?
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