Why people fall for pseudoscience and how /sci/ can fight back?

>>9056790
A genocide of brainlets.

>>9056790
no different to Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (not even using the proper test anyway) that's been all over 4chan lately.

> tfw too deep and meaningful for /sci

pruned!

>>9056790
no different to IQ tests (not even using the proper test anyway) that's been all over 4chan lately.

>>9056793
I think pseudoscience is marginally better than mysticism.

>>9056793
>no different to Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
MBTI is descriptive. Horoscopes are predictive. They're completely different.

>>9056793
>no different
Lol. You are retarded. I'm sceptic when it comes to Myers-Briggs but you are retarded if you think there is no difference.

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>>9056872

What is Barnum effect, baby don't hurt me

>>9056953
>Barnum effect
What does that have to do with the MBTI?
Again, Myers-Briggs types are DESCRIPTIVE, all they do is pick four traits, and break the space they make into 16 groups.

>>9056963

>What does that have to do with the MBTI?

Every type comes with a overly-positive and vague description of the combination of functions. Based on this theory, i shoud be an INTJ, INTP, ENTP, ISTP, INFP and ISTP. And not because i say so. I scored these and guess what: all the description of these types fits in one way or another with my personality!

How's that not barnum effect?

Also: pollyannaism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollyanna_principle

>>9056790
Probably because they were born Cancer under a waning moon

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Education and power

https://youtu.be/Q5pggDCnt5M
/sci/ btfo

>>9058075
Why does nobody understand the history of knowledge that the Earth is round? Present-day trolling aside, that knowledge seems to have been accepted remarkably easily.

>>9056790
>pseudoscience
Some pseudos are more scientific than others so really it depends what you're talking about.
I seriously looked into astrology once because I figured whether you were born in winter or summer would have a significant effect on early nurturing and psychological development.

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>>9058437
>Some pseudos are more scientific than others

>>9056794
stay delusional brainlet

>>9056953
What's the personality for eating the creme and throwing the wafers away?

>>9058681
A retard

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>>9058437
>I figured whether you were born in winter or summer would have a significant effect on early nurturing and psychological development.
Or maybe because the standardized school year leads to kids starting their formal education with up to a year's difference in development.

>>9059378
>born in 1st quarter
absolutely JUST fuck my shit up