Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!microsoft!uw-beaver!ubc-visi!alberta!auvax!madrid From: madrid@auvax (Roslyn Madrid) Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: Verifiable Astrological Phenomenon? Message-ID: <185@auvax.UUCP> Date: Mon, 18-Jul-83 15:05:00 EDT Article-I.D.: auvax.185 Posted: Mon Jul 18 15:05:00 1983 Date-Received: Tue, 19-Jul-83 19:11:43 EDT Lines: 29 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