Whats your zodiac sign??

TheBig3 · 07-12-2010, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Vanilla

Cancer, suits me also

thats uh...an interested statement. I've always seen myself as more of a typhoid.

Tea Supremacist · 07-12-2010, 11:05 AM

I'm skeptical of horoscopes anyway, but the whole finding out your personality based on star sign/birth year/earth sign, etc, escapes me somewhat. I already know what my personality is...

duga · 07-12-2010, 11:14 AM

I'm a pisces.

I'm not sure how much I buy into it, but I have done a lot of thinking about this stuff. As some people have mentioned, there are times when one of these descriptions seem to nail it in a more than coincidence kind of way. Being a scientist, I decided I had to try to come up with some theory as to how this might work out. So here it is...if you think it's stupid, that's fine. It's just some random bull**** I thought up one day that seemed to make a bit of sense.

These signs are based on the time of the year you are born meaning it depends on where the Earth is in relation to the sun. The gravitational pull from the moon and the sun varies by small degrees at different points in the year (since the Earth does not move around the sun in a perfect circle...not to mention the tilt of the axis). We already know something as minor as a pressure change can affect us (old people complaining about their joints, for example)...gravity sure as hell would have an effect. I'm thinking it might influence brain chemistry in some way.

**Janszoon** · 07-12-2010, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by duga

I'm a pisces.

I'm not sure how much I buy into it, but I have done a lot of thinking about this stuff. As some people have mentioned, there are times when one of these descriptions seem to nail it in a more than coincidence kind of way. Being a scientist, I decided I had to try to come up with some theory as to how this might work out. So here it is...if you think it's stupid, that's fine. It's just some random bull**** I thought up one day that seemed to make a bit of sense.

These signs are based on the time of the year you are born meaning it depends on where the Earth is in relation to the sun. The gravitational pull from the moon and the sun varies by small degrees at different points in the year (since the Earth does not move around the sun in a perfect circle...not to mention the tilt of the axis). We already know something as minor as a pressure change can affect us (old people complaining about their joints, for example)...gravity sure as hell would have an effect. I'm thinking it might influence brain chemistry in some way.

I have a different science-based theory to explain it: confirmation bias.

duga · 07-12-2010, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

I have a different science-based theory to explain it: confirmation bias.

Yeah, ok...I did say you didn't have to take it seriously. I was just sharing.

**Janszoon** · 07-12-2010, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by duga

Yeah, ok...I did say you didn't have to take it seriously. I was just sharing.

I was just being a wiseass.

I do think confirmation bias has a lot to do with it though.

boo boo · 07-12-2010, 12:03 PM

Confirmation biass can be pretty dangerous as everyone knows, it's what can put innocent people on death roll. And it's a vital element of the cold reading technique that so called phychics and mediums use to scam people.

Dulce · 07-28-2013, 02:56 AM

Cancer girl in love with a Capricorn dude.

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Tea Supremacist Like a fart in a trance Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Chavham. Go on, Wiki it. Posts: 115	I'm skeptical of horoscopes anyway, but the whole finding out your personality based on star sign/birth year/earth sign, etc, escapes me somewhat. I already know what my personality is... __________________ 'You got red on you...'

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duga MB quadrant's JM Vincent Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 3,762	I'm a pisces. I'm not sure how much I buy into it, but I have done a lot of thinking about this stuff. As some people have mentioned, there are times when one of these descriptions seem to nail it in a more than coincidence kind of way. Being a scientist, I decided I had to try to come up with some theory as to how this might work out. So here it is...if you think it's stupid, that's fine. It's just some random bull**** I thought up one day that seemed to make a bit of sense. These signs are based on the time of the year you are born meaning it depends on where the Earth is in relation to the sun. The gravitational pull from the moon and the sun varies by small degrees at different points in the year (since the Earth does not move around the sun in a perfect circle...not to mention the tilt of the axis). We already know something as minor as a pressure change can affect us (old people complaining about their joints, for example)...gravity sure as hell would have an effect. I'm thinking it might influence brain chemistry in some way. __________________ Confusion will be my epitaph...

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Dulce WILDFIRE Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 232	Cancer girl in love with a Capricorn dude.