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Is astrology more scientific than economics?
Many Europeans seem to think so. Here is the original data, scroll to p.21 (pdf) to see the data, the rank ordering for "degree of scientific" is the following:
1. Physics
2. Medicine
3. Biology
4. Astronomy
5. Psychology
6. Astrology
7. Economics
8. History
Thanks to Randall Parker for the pointer.
Addendum: A Charlie writes: "Why not? At least, given the same date, time, and location, two astrologers will agree on all the major points."
Posted by Tyler Cowen on February 27, 2004 at 07:38 AM in Education | Permalink
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