Meet the star of this year’sThe Bachelor Australia , Matt Agnew , an astrophysicist   work on predicting whether exoplanet systems could hoststable Earth - like companions in the habitable zoneat the Swinburne University of Technology . The launch trailer for the serial has just been discharge , and it features quite the cringe - worthy first meeting between Agnew and one of the contestant , who appears extremely excited to get wind his profession .

In the promo , we meet Abby who , after introducing herself , involve Matt what he does for a support . He tells her that he ’s an astrophysicist , to which she beams back at him with “ I ’m a Gemini ! ”

The first - encounter footage is cross with a behind - the - conniption shot of Matt at a loss for quarrel about her obvious mistake , before going back to the equally stumped Matt still in that first awkward moment . After an epic facial expression journey , he decides not to channelize out her mix - up and instead sweetly replies , " I ’m a Leo . "

If first impression arecrucialto a long - lasting relationship , this may not be a brilliant start .   But who knows , Abby may recover from this initial faux - PA . To be fair , we do n’t know if she really believes in star divination , or just thinks that is what Matt does for a living and is being polite .

So what ’s so unsound about think in astrology ? Nothing really . There are more dangerous beliefs   –   climate variety denial , anti - vaccine propaganda , white supremacy , using alternative medicineinstead ofrather thanalongsidescientifically proven medicament – that are in truth harmful , and sure as shooting those who peddle this misinformation should accept some duty for their activeness when they lead in harm hoi polloi .

So , astrology is harmless , but it is still nonsensical . You may as well believe in Santa Claus , you will have to make as many logical somersaults for it to make sense . First of all , it ’s a rather chesty assumption that the position of planet ( which are millions if not trillion of kilometre by )   have any bearing on what will pass to you this workweek . It ’s also based on the military position of star whose visible light we ’re observing may have shone hundreds , if not thousands , of geezerhood ago so again , unconvincing to be dictating your coming together with a improbable , handsome unknown on Tuesday .

second , astrology ’s language and mathematical scaffolding are G of years old . So onetime , in fact , that it only works based on the assumption that Earth is at the center of the creation , a hypothesis popular aroundthe 2d century CE . However , in the 16th century , Nicolaus Copernicus modernize theheliocentricmodel of the universe that suggested the Sun is the center . Now , astronomer are confident there is no center .

Ancient astronomer could study the stars , but they did n’t have the tools to necessarily sympathize what they were determine , and ancient astrologist jumped on this mystique . “ Mercury is in retrograde , ” a vulgar justification for being moody , means that Mercury occasionally discontinue and goes backward . At least that is the apparent motion of the planet if it orbits Earth . Knowing that it orbits the Sun get its orbit make more sense , but astrologer seem to take this literally .

Astrology also ignores the principle of moral force . Newton correctly stated that for every natural action there is an adequate and opposite response . If Jupiter is influencing your life with some mysterious forcefulness , then you must be influencing Jupiter in the same path . Perhaps the mystery of the Great Red Spot unpick is because Susan in downtown LA missed her last two pilates year .

Randall Munroe , the comic artists behind XKCD , puts forward theEconomic Argument . This show out that if star divination work , company would be using it in financial and business sector provision . So if astrology is true , innovative capitalism does n’t really care about profit that much .

People are of course free to believe in star divination , but just remember : youare still responsible for your actions and interactions with multitude every day in the world , and believing in a pseudoscience does n’t shrive you of that .

[ H / T : The Independent ]