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From: madrid@auvax (Roslyn Madrid)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Verifiable Astrological Phenomenon?
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Date: Mon, 18-Jul-83 15:05:00 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul 18 15:05:00 1983
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   What follows is based on my recollection of an article
on CBC's radio program "Quirks and Quarks".  I'm very sorry
that the details are fuzzy, but so is my memory.  (If you
are so inclined ... The program in question occurred within
the last couple of months.  The CBC does have a facility
for providing transcripts.)
   
   A psychologist (Belgian, I believe) did a study of the
time of birth of superior athletes.  Apparently, there was
a significant number of them born under the sign of Mars.
It seems that the experiment has been sucessfully repeated
using other data.  (As long as one deals only with the
"creme de la creme".  It does not seem to work with athletes
who are merely excellent.)
  
   What I (and the writers of the article) found interesting
was the response of an organization (sorry I don't remember
the name) which has as its function the debunking of pseudo-
science.  Some of its members seem to feel that the response
of the organization to this particular issue was over-zealous,
and that rather than fostering scientific inquiry, it was
functioning to defend Science as dogma.  Some members have
tendered their resignations.  
  
   Can anyone provide more information?
  
                                 R.
                                 auvax!madrid