Why do constellations feel accurate?

Astrology is one of the earliest recorded behaviors in human culture. All ancient civilizations in the world have developed their own astrology, and the earliest record of astrology activities discovered so far has been more than 6000 years ago. In the following thousands of years, astrology of various cultures interacted and eventually developed into an extremely complex system. Predicting a person according to the astrology used to be done by people who studied this way all the year round.

Fortunately, we live in the computer age, and all kinds of complicated reasoning problems can be easily solved on the computer. In order to write this article, I asked the stationmaster of the nutrition room to build a simple program to calculate the constellation according to the birthday information filled in by the readers of the nutrition room who read this article. Then, based on the accurate calculation of your constellation, the following analysis is generated:

"Some of your ambitions are unrealistic. Sometimes you are extroverted, amiable and sociable, and sometimes you are introverted, defensive and shy and silent. You think it unwise to open your heart to others too frankly. You are full of confidence in your thinking ability, and don't accept others' opinions easily unless the other party puts forward a convincing basis. You like a life with certain changes and diversity, and you will be dissatisfied because of constraints and restrictions. Sometimes you will deeply doubt whether your decision is correct. Although you look very disciplined and self-controlled, your heart is often full of worry and insecurity.

Your sexual adaptability has brought you some problems. Although you have some weaknesses in your personality, you can generally learn from each other's strengths. Many of your potential that can benefit you have not been explored and put to good use. You are often very hard on yourself. You really need others to like and appreciate you. "

Very accurate, right?

Anthropologists believe that the origin of astrology is because ancient humans observed the relationship between celestial movements and things in the human world. For example, when a constellation appears in a certain space in the sky, it means that the weather will change. People began to use these to guide behavior, such as sowing, harvesting and so on. However, anyone with a little logic will understand that just because two things happen at similar times does not mean that there is a causal relationship between them. For example, every noon, we will want to have lunch, but this does not mean that the sun causes hunger. This question about astrology has a history of thousands of years.

More interestingly, in the era of telescopes, people found that the constellations and celestial bodies observed by the ancients were actually observed from the perspective of the earth, and then displayed in groups from the perspective of the plane. In the three-dimensional reality, these so-called constellations are composed of unrelated celestial bodies separated by countless light years, and some of them are far more distant from each other than from the earth.

From the basic logic, if the constellation can accurately judge people, how poor will the human world be? Nearly 7 billion people in the world are only divided into 12 species?

Astrology is a superstition, and it is a very low-level superstition, which is beyond doubt in the 2 1 century. But many people will ask, why do I often look at my horoscope accurately? This involves the famous "Forer effect" in psychology.

In 1948, Bertram R. Forer, a psychology professor, made a psychological analysis of each of his students, and then he gave everyone an analysis result and asked the students to rate the accuracy of the analysis. 0 means completely inaccurate, and 5 means completely accurate. The average final score is 4.6. At this time, Professor Forer told everyone that the analysis results were the same.

Smart readers in the nutrition room have certainly understood that the blue font on it is the same for everyone.

This phenomenon was later called Barnum effect. Barnum is the owner of a famous American acrobatic troupe. He once said, "A fool is born every minute." ("Every minute a fool is born." -refers to people who will be deceived. )

This method is actually used by all divination liars, and the reason is the same whether it is palm reading or astrology. The analysis and prediction they provide enable all those who want to believe to find factors that are consistent with themselves. The ancients in China said "sincerity is the spirit" because they understood this psychological phenomenon.

Originally, I believed it. Many people pay attention to stars just for entertainment. The problem is that some true believers are so immersed that they are no longer responsible for their own lives. Since everything that happens in life can be attributed to astrology, what's the point of personal efforts? Therefore, as a social phenomenon, it is not a good thing if many people believe in this superstition.