Showing posts with label astrology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label astrology. Show all posts

Monday, January 24, 2011

Do you KNOW what your 'sign' is? Are you sure?

The little-known "Solecismon, the Person Using the Word 'Ironic' Incorrectly"



Recently, a furor broke out when an astronomer in Minneapolis made a statement in a newspaper interview that the zodiac calendar had shifted. As you look at the following items (just click on the titles), pay attention to statements made by the authors and interviewees that give insight into the role that belief and justification (i.e. evidence) play in what people claim to know, even about themselves. Use those statements as starting points for your comments.

"Zodiac Sign Switch Brings Horoscope Horror" (video) -- pay particular attention to astrologer Susan Miller's comments and host Robin Roberts' apparently-in-jest comments at the end 

New zodiac signs 2011: Can one guy just change the zodiac like that? 

So, Now What's Your Sign?

Astrology Sign Panic: Five Reasons to Calm the Eff Down

[The picture of "Solecismon, the Person Using the Word 'Ironic' Incorrectly" was downloaded from here. Other "little-known astrological signs" can be viewed at that link.]