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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mastodon.social/users/mattsheffield/statuses/113024210154514370">Matthew Sheffield (mattsheffield@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 26-Aug-2024 04:04:37 JST</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mattsheffield" title="mattsheffield@mastodon.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/75543-48-20240318200400.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Matthew Sheffield" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Matthew Sheffield</a></section><article><p>Astrology is the perfect example of the "post hoc ergo propter hoc" fallacy.</p><p>People born in the same time period do share some common experiences such as seasons (as in Babylonian) or big events (Chinese). But those commonalities have nothing to do with stars.</p><p>Sadly, however, many millions of people are think astrology is real. </p><p>Only 51% of Americans correctly say astrology isn't real <a href="https://today.yougov.com/entertainment/articles/42292-one-four-americans-say-they-believe-astrology" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://today.yougov.com/entertainment/articles/42292-one-four-americans-say-they-believe-astrology</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/3568595#notice-7002537">In conversation</a><time datetime="2024-08-26T04:04:37+09:00" title="Monday, 26-Aug-2024 04:04:37 JST">about 3 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mattsheffield/113024210154514370" rel="external" title="Sent from mastodon.social via ActivityPub">mastodon.social</a></span></span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mattsheffield/113024210154514370">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/3083164">About half of Americans (51%) say they don't believe in astrology and 22% are unsure.  Younger American adults are more likely to say they believe in astrology than older Americans are. While 37% of adults under 30 say they believe in it, less than half as many Americans 65 and older say they do (16%). Women (30%) are slightly more likely to say they believe in astrology than men are (25%). White Americans (25%) are somewhat less likely to say the stars and planets predict behavior than Black (31%) and Hispanic (32%) Americans are to say so.  Among Americans with a high-school degree or less, 29% say they believe in astrology, which is a similar share as among Americans with only a college degree (28%). People with an advanced degree (24%) are somewhat less likely to say they believe. Americans living in the Northeast (32%) and West (29%) are somewhat more likely to express a belief in astrology than people in the South and Midwest are.  Among the religious groups examined, Catholics (31%), agnostics (30%), and people with no particular religion (28%) are most likely to say they’re believers in astrology, while Protestants (22%) and Jewish Americans (22%) are somewhat less likely to believe. Of all the demographic groups we looked at, atheists are the least likely to say they believe that the stars and planets influence behavior (only 10% say they believe this).</a></label><br><a href="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/024/199/413/506/848/original/1193f8fbffb46be5.png" rel="external">https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/024/199/413/506/848/original/1193f8fbffb46be5.png</a></li><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/3083165">We also find that the gender gap flips with age: men under 45 are slightly more likely to believe in astrology than women the same age are (38% vs. 32%), while older women are much more likely to believe than older men are. Women between the ages of 45 and 64 are twice as likely as their male counterparts to say they believe (29% vs. 15%), and women 65 and older are more than twice as likely to say they believe as men in the same age group (23% vs. 9%).</a></label><br><a href="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/024/203/625/607/272/original/1c260b28a560a5a1.png" rel="external">https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/024/203/625/607/272/original/1c260b28a560a5a1.png</a></li><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: ygo-assets-websites-editorial-emea.yougov.net</div><h5><a href="https://today.yougov.com/entertainment/articles/42292-one-four-americans-say-they-believe-astrology">One in four Americans say they believe in astrology | YouGov</a></h5><div></div></header><div>YouGov’s latest poll finds that a little more than one-quarter of Americans (27%) – including 37% of adults under 30 – say that they believe in astrology, or that the position of the stars and planets influences people’s lives. About half of Americans (51%) say they don't believe in astrology and 22% are unsure.</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Matthew Sheffield (mattsheffield@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 26-Aug-2024 04:04:37 JST Matthew Sheffield
Astrology is the perfect example of the "post hoc ergo propter hoc" fallacy.
People born in the same time period do share some common experiences such as seasons (as in Babylonian) or big events (Chinese). But those commonalities have nothing to do with stars.
Sadly, however, many millions of people are think astrology is real.
Only 51% of Americans correctly say astrology isn't real https://today.yougov.com/entertainment/articles/42292-one-four-americans-say-they-believe-astrology
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1. About half of Americans (51%) say they don't believe in astrology and 22% are unsure. Younger American adults are more likely to say they believe in astrology than older Americans are. While 37% of adults under 30 say they believe in it, less than half as many Americans 65 and older say they do (16%). Women (30%) are slightly more likely to say they believe in astrology than men are (25%). White Americans (25%) are somewhat less likely to say the stars and planets predict behavior than Black (31%) and Hispanic (32%) Americans are to say so. Among Americans with a high-school degree or less, 29% say they believe in astrology, which is a similar share as among Americans with only a college degree (28%). People with an advanced degree (24%) are somewhat less likely to say they believe. Americans living in the Northeast (32%) and West (29%) are somewhat more likely to express a belief in astrology than people in the South and Midwest are. Among the religious groups examined, Catholics (31%), agnostics (30%), and people with no particular religion (28%) are most likely to say they’re believers in astrology, while Protestants (22%) and Jewish Americans (22%) are somewhat less likely to believe. Of all the demographic groups we looked at, atheists are the least likely to say they believe that the stars and planets influence behavior (only 10% say they believe this).
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2. We also find that the gender gap flips with age: men under 45 are slightly more likely to believe in astrology than women the same age are (38% vs. 32%), while older women are much more likely to believe than older men are. Women between the ages of 45 and 64 are twice as likely as their male counterparts to say they believe (29% vs. 15%), and women 65 and older are more than twice as likely to say they believe as men in the same age group (23% vs. 9%).
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  One in four Americans say they believe in astrology | YouGov
  YouGov’s latest poll finds that a little more than one-quarter of Americans (27%) – including 37% of adults under 30 – say that they believe in astrology, or that the position of the stars and planets influences people’s lives. About half of Americans (51%) say they don't believe in astrology and 22% are unsure.

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