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Lionel Mandrake

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28. As an astrologer, you have a vested interest in this nonsense.

Reply to panfluteman (Reply #16)

Sun Nov 3, 2019, 09:59 PM

Nov 2019

You are also misinformed in various ways.

1. Your Alma Mater is Kepler College, not Kepler University. By the way, that school has never enjoyed any respect among real institutions of higher learning.

2. Newton practiced alchemy, but not astrology. He had "studied" astrology only in the sense that he knew how astrologers did their ridiculous calculations.

The period from Kepler to Newton saw the marginalization of astrology, after which it was no longer supported by universities or royal courts. It has been disreputable ever since, I'm glad to say.

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