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What would count as evidence?

Scientific questions Predictive claims need testable definitions, comparison conditions, and results that can be checked independently. Anecdotes and striking coincidences do not by themselves establish predictive accuracy.

Read the actual study Carlson’s 1985 paper describes a double-blind test of a defined astrology task. Read its method and scope before drawing conclusions. Do not use an astrology study as direct experimental evidence about a different numerology formula.

Our product boundary CosmicDecode does not present its readings as scientifically validated predictions. Its calculations are arithmetic; its interpretations are symbolic.

Read the sources

Shawn Carlson, “A double-blind test of astrology,” Nature 318, 419–425 (1985)
A moment to reflect

What should a predictive claim have?

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