Comment Re:Ignorance is diverse as well as widespread (Score 1) 1038
> Instead, test it formally, with double blinds, hoping that it works (so you don't subconsciously suppress data).
The entire point in a double blind study is that you don't subconsciously disclose something...
> As a science type, I encourage you to not turn off your brain to astrology, Feng Shui, crystal power, and other crap.
It has been investigated and found lacking. If any of this were real it would point to new mechanisms that science would be very interested in.
Keeping an open mind is a great idea but astrology, crystal power etc.. have failed to demonstrate their purported abilities time and time again. This is why they have not found a home within the scientific establishment.