Okay, no offense, but what? Half your list is composed of multi-platform releases. How does that mean its better for Microsoft?Saucycardog said:
Famitsu Astrologer Predicts He Will Be Vague in 2010
- Thread starter Greg Tito
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It certainly would be entertaining, lol.Simalacrum said:wow, this news is poking a lot of fun at Famitsu
Why doesn't The Escapist have some really random preacher or something anyways? That would be awesome! XD
Although gotta love how vauge they are...
Gaming is indicated in stars? I could have sworn stars and planets were formed before games were made.
Show some respect to what, exactly? The "fake" astrology or the "real" one?Silva said:
Seems to me like a no true Scotsman fallacy.
Astrology is about the positions of celestial bodies according to our reference frame, and how it relates to mundane human matters. The most common use of it is for predictive ability and love-compatibility. Do you reject those uses as "false" astrology? Because they are, in fact, complete BS.
There is in fact, no scientific basis for any modern astrology, though there is scientific basis as to why people believe in it. Predictions made are intentionally vague, which allows creative liberties in interpretation. There is no demonstrated greater love compatibility between members of the correct signs than for incompatible couples. People have a natural tendency to interpret vague things in the most personally-applicable way. Distant astral bodies do affect us through gravity and EM radiation, but their effects are dozens of orders of magnitude less than that of the close bodies. There is no falsifiable hypothesis that has ever been shown to be correct in support of the "theory" that astral bodies cause significant emotional or behavioral changes in humans.
Why believe in something with absolutely no evidence? Is the massive quantity of believers your reason? Because apparently, they're doing it wrong, by your own testimony.
You must just have faith. Faith in a mythology-derived, superstition-driven, unproven, disproven when testable, otherwise untestable set of beliefs.
Your position is untenable, because in order to accept astrology, even the "real" astrology you practice with no predictive power, which claims that there exists a non-causal link between earthly events and extraterrestrial events, requires the suspension of disbelief. And non-mechanical form of interaction? We live in a world of observable reality, everything we know about reality is based on physical phenomena. Frankly, there is absolutely no evidence to support the position that non-physical effects exist and could manifest physical effects, since all physical phenomena derive from other physical phenomena. It is really an attempt by astrologers to exempt astrology from scientific scrutiny, since it just cannot stand the test of reality.
Rejection of astrology need not necessitate atheism either. I am sure even scientifically minded Christians find its premise lacking. I suppose atheism need not necessitate disbelief in astrology either, though I would think it more likely. Regardless, I reject your suppositions, and claim this article as entirely funny, and valid. If you cannot even stand somebody noting that the predictions of this astrologer are something anybody could have guessed, then perhaps you should re-examine your position.
this is a new low for astrologist's, i mean they have always been vague and predicted pretty obvious things, but for one to "predict" that Nintendo will make an sequel next year, which Nintendo them self predicted earlier this year, its so stupid it makes my head hurt.
the rest where just normally funny stupid, also the Escapist should get an astrologer.
the rest where just normally funny stupid, also the Escapist should get an astrologer.
Your are right. I guess that was bad on my part. But I do think that microsoft has bigger titles, like halo, planned for the Xbox than Sony does for the PS3.theSovietConnection said:
While the fallacy of astrology is to be determined, the point is that the article is supposed to be journalistic, not a blog. Therefore, it would be professional to not let the journalist's opinion on the matter at hand slip into the article. Considering the post Mr. Tito made was moderately biased, I believe Silva's point was that the article should have been a little more read over before being posted.Calatar said:
Biased in favor of reality? Should journalistic integrity require the equal-footing of all viewpoints regardless of whether or not they actually have any factual backing? Astrology is decidedly fake. It is about as real as alchemy, and as pseudo-scientific. Frankly I've had enough of that sort of crap, where reality and make-believe are put on equal footing in the name of journalistic objectivity. What about objective REALITY?Slick Samurai said:
The post just looks at the wonderful cosmological predictions that anybody with knowledge of the gaming industry could have made, and says, "No shit, Sherlock." And on this site, all articles are at least half-commentary. NYT reporters they are not; these articles are not SUPPOSED to be free of personal bias, they are supposed to be entertaining and enlightening, just as this article was.
And again I say: respect for what? This article very clearly spells out that the "work" of that employee is shit anybody could have said. Astrology is not real. And since when are reporters automatically supposed to inherently be nice to other companies?Sparecash said: