What is the difference between astrology and astronomy?

[jobyts]

Answer: About 50 IQ points

 

[MotoH]

one ends in logy and the other ends in nomy.

 

[Proton Soup]

about $9.95 a minute

 

[Philosoraptor]

Answer: About 50 IQ points

Don't forget the 2000 years.

 

[rootX]

A +50 IQ can believe in astrology.

 

[suvorav]

You can earn money with astrology but not with astronomy

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

An astrologer needs to know a little astronomy.

 

[zomgwtf]

One is a branch of pseudoscience and the other is a branch of science?

 

[Andre]

One is proof that mankind is not a rational thinking species.

 

[GeorginaS]

One is proof that mankind is not a rational thinking species.

That's not a nice thing to say about astronomy.

 

[turbo]

At one time, it was thought that the Earth was the center of the Universe, and it made perfect sense to try to learn more about it by studying the heavens. Astrology was not always a pseudo-science. Using the night sky as a calendar was a valuable way to track the seasons and predict seasonal flooding of the Nile, for instance. That was valuable information. Some religions ascribed special significance to astronomical bodies (generally planets) and associated them with their gods. If you were an astrologer, it was good business to track their movements against the background stars and keep the emperor/king happy.

Today's practitioners of astrology are not scientists, but quacks preying on the gullible. A couple of thousand years ago, astrologers were well-respected observational astronomers.

 

[arildno]

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