Dr. Brian Keating

and there's no predictive power to it, and that's what science is about, right? We want to make a hypothesis, test it, iterate on it, and have confirmation of it, and there's zero, in fact, for astrology.

and there's no predictive power to it, and that's what science is about, right? We want to make a hypothesis, test it, iterate on it, and have confirmation of it, and there's zero, in fact, for astrology.

In fact, if you'll permit me a kind of silly story, when I was dating my wife, who had become my wife in the beginning, she kind of thought it's fun, maybe we'll go see someone who can tell our fortunes, we belong together, so we went to an astrologer. And the astrologer asked me a bunch of questions. When were you born, obviously. Oh, no, she asked me, what's your sign? So I said, I'm a Gemini.

In fact, if you'll permit me a kind of silly story, when I was dating my wife, who had become my wife in the beginning, she kind of thought it's fun, maybe we'll go see someone who can tell our fortunes, we belong together, so we went to an astrologer. And the astrologer asked me a bunch of questions. When were you born, obviously. Oh, no, she asked me, what's your sign? So I said, I'm a Gemini.

In fact, if you'll permit me a kind of silly story, when I was dating my wife, who had become my wife in the beginning, she kind of thought it's fun, maybe we'll go see someone who can tell our fortunes, we belong together, so we went to an astrologer. And the astrologer asked me a bunch of questions. When were you born, obviously. Oh, no, she asked me, what's your sign? So I said, I'm a Gemini.

And she said, OK, cool. And then she told me a bunch of things. And at the end, I said, I just want to double check. I was playing kind of a little bit of a jerk sometimes. So I said, I just want to confirm. Gemini is born in September. I'm born September 9th. She said, oh, no, no, that's a Virgo. But the same things are going to happen to you anyway. It didn't change her outcome.

And she said, OK, cool. And then she told me a bunch of things. And at the end, I said, I just want to double check. I was playing kind of a little bit of a jerk sometimes. So I said, I just want to confirm. Gemini is born in September. I'm born September 9th. She said, oh, no, no, that's a Virgo. But the same things are going to happen to you anyway. It didn't change her outcome.

And she said, OK, cool. And then she told me a bunch of things. And at the end, I said, I just want to double check. I was playing kind of a little bit of a jerk sometimes. So I said, I just want to confirm. Gemini is born in September. I'm born September 9th. She said, oh, no, no, that's a Virgo. But the same things are going to happen to you anyway. It didn't change her outcome.

And so in the language of the science, philosophy of science, Karl Popper, others, it's unfalsifiable. And you cannot be proven right. It's so flexible. You're going to find challenges. The stock market is going to fluctuate. Political turmoil, rain during your life. They're so flexible, it can accommodate any story. And that's a hallmark of non-science or sometimes anti-scientific thinking.

And so in the language of the science, philosophy of science, Karl Popper, others, it's unfalsifiable. And you cannot be proven right. It's so flexible. You're going to find challenges. The stock market is going to fluctuate. Political turmoil, rain during your life. They're so flexible, it can accommodate any story. And that's a hallmark of non-science or sometimes anti-scientific thinking.

And so in the language of the science, philosophy of science, Karl Popper, others, it's unfalsifiable. And you cannot be proven right. It's so flexible. You're going to find challenges. The stock market is going to fluctuate. Political turmoil, rain during your life. They're so flexible, it can accommodate any story. And that's a hallmark of non-science or sometimes anti-scientific thinking.

And not only correlated with that, something even more perhaps basic is temperature, right? In the hemisphere that you're born in, you would expect that all – I'm born, as I said, September 9th. It turns out that's the statistically most common birth date of humans on Earth. And why is that?

And not only correlated with that, something even more perhaps basic is temperature, right? In the hemisphere that you're born in, you would expect that all – I'm born, as I said, September 9th. It turns out that's the statistically most common birth date of humans on Earth. And why is that?

And not only correlated with that, something even more perhaps basic is temperature, right? In the hemisphere that you're born in, you would expect that all – I'm born, as I said, September 9th. It turns out that's the statistically most common birth date of humans on Earth. And why is that?

Exactly, right? So there's a correlation, right? Yeah, they're at home and they're indoors. They're at home. And they're procreating. Right. Or another thing is what month you're born in, you go back nine months. So actually, capitalism is awesome, right? So it's so efficient. So when you go to CVS, and I've known this several times, thank God, because my wife's been pregnant several times.

Exactly, right? So there's a correlation, right? Yeah, they're at home and they're indoors. They're at home. And they're procreating. Right. Or another thing is what month you're born in, you go back nine months. So actually, capitalism is awesome, right? So it's so efficient. So when you go to CVS, and I've known this several times, thank God, because my wife's been pregnant several times.

Exactly, right? So there's a correlation, right? Yeah, they're at home and they're indoors. They're at home. And they're procreating. Right. Or another thing is what month you're born in, you go back nine months. So actually, capitalism is awesome, right? So it's so efficient. So when you go to CVS, and I've known this several times, thank God, because my wife's been pregnant several times.

And and we have several kids. And when you go to CVS, it's actually pretty interesting. She goes there to buy a pregnancy test. Now, she's the kind of neurotic, you know, person that she had to buy like five pregnancy tests for each kid. OK, I don't know why, but that's what she did. So she's a she likes data.

And and we have several kids. And when you go to CVS, it's actually pretty interesting. She goes there to buy a pregnancy test. Now, she's the kind of neurotic, you know, person that she had to buy like five pregnancy tests for each kid. OK, I don't know why, but that's what she did. So she's a she likes data.

And and we have several kids. And when you go to CVS, it's actually pretty interesting. She goes there to buy a pregnancy test. Now, she's the kind of neurotic, you know, person that she had to buy like five pregnancy tests for each kid. OK, I don't know why, but that's what she did. So she's a she likes data.