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   martin to Dakota   
   Re: Astrologers fail to predict BP oil w   
   21 Jul 10 09:21:19   
   
   XPost: alt.astrology, aus.tv, sci.skeptic   
   XPost: alt.atheism   
   From: usenet@etiqa.co.uk   
      
   On 21/07/2010 04:17, Dakota wrote:   
      
   >   
   > Many years ago, I used to buy the supermarket tabloids around the end of   
   > December because they often contained 'Psychic's' predictions for the   
   > next year. When the end of the year came round again, some friends and I   
   > would gather for a few adult beverages and laugh at all the failed   
   > predictions. We also enjoyed the predictions that were so vague that   
   > they could not be verified in any way. We never found any predictions   
   > that didn't fit into the failed or vague categories.   
   >   
   > It was amusing for a couple of years but we abandoned it because of the   
   > pointlessness of the endeavor. I've wondered if such lists of   
   > predictions are analyzed in 'psychic' newsgroups but haven't wondered   
   > enough to visit one.   
      
   A couple of people in the Randi forum do that kind of thing   
   >   
   >   
      
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