James Randi on astrology
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For the astrology test, each student was given a detailed horoscope
They were told it was drawn up by a professional based on information they had supplied about when and where they were born.
Actually these horoscopes were not quite what they appeared to be.
I asked the students to grade them on accuracy on a scale of 1 to 5...
...5 being the most accurate.
How many gave it a 1? Let's see a show of hands. 2? 3? 4? 5?
OK. So we scored pretty highly with this.
Let's do a little experiment.
You've got your horoscopes right in front of you. Take them in your hand like this and hand them over your shoulder to the person behind you. OK?
Everybody? And the guy at the end down there, you'll have to come up to the front because these people in the front don't have one.
OK?
Open up somebody else's horoscope and read it carefully please.
They had all received the same horoscope.