Bunraku
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This probably isn’t a very good comparison to make because of the vast differences in philosophy, life, language, way of thinking etc. but.... IMO societies back in the day didn’t have statistical models like modern ones so they relied on divination to get an answer.
They seemed to use the planets/stars to find consistent patterns and tried to figure out which caused what in order to try to predict things.
Today we also try to see patterns in things. It’s not the cause that you’re going to have a good life if you live, grew up, and went to school in a specific area code, but it does correlate. The odds of you getting a disease if you’re overweight, or the type of work you’re in, or what’s in your genetics/family history (via testing), etc. your race.. sex... all of these things have correlations or predispositions. Childhood mortality rates are at an all time low (compared to the entirety of history). The probability and outcome based on the current data/evidence is what I was getting at.
No one in their right mind today would go to an astrologer to get surgery done.... I certainly hope not. They go to a surgeon... and they know these procedures are successful/unsuccessful to a degree based on previous statistics. Astrology isn’t very useful in the medical field today, but people used decumbiture charts not too far back as a legitimate way to understand a person.
What are the odds of you getting in a car crash, plane crash, or struck by lightning. Many Americans drive long distances everyday for the majority of their lives.
The economy and anything to do with money is a little harder predict. The weather is straight up unpredictable.
HMMMMMM
What do you use predictions for? Astrology takes a lot of guesswork out. And the data we have now takes even more of it out.
I’m guessing mathematicians are still wizards even in this day and age
They seemed to use the planets/stars to find consistent patterns and tried to figure out which caused what in order to try to predict things.
Today we also try to see patterns in things. It’s not the cause that you’re going to have a good life if you live, grew up, and went to school in a specific area code, but it does correlate. The odds of you getting a disease if you’re overweight, or the type of work you’re in, or what’s in your genetics/family history (via testing), etc. your race.. sex... all of these things have correlations or predispositions. Childhood mortality rates are at an all time low (compared to the entirety of history). The probability and outcome based on the current data/evidence is what I was getting at.
No one in their right mind today would go to an astrologer to get surgery done.... I certainly hope not. They go to a surgeon... and they know these procedures are successful/unsuccessful to a degree based on previous statistics. Astrology isn’t very useful in the medical field today, but people used decumbiture charts not too far back as a legitimate way to understand a person.
What are the odds of you getting in a car crash, plane crash, or struck by lightning. Many Americans drive long distances everyday for the majority of their lives.
The economy and anything to do with money is a little harder predict. The weather is straight up unpredictable.
HMMMMMM
What do you use predictions for? Astrology takes a lot of guesswork out. And the data we have now takes even more of it out.
I’m guessing mathematicians are still wizards even in this day and age