Historian of Science

Tag: The Guardian

What’s Astrology got to do with it?

Post author By Darin
Post date September 23, 2021

George Monbiot wrote an opinion column that draws attention to how conspiracy theories are appealing to people on both ends of the political spectrum. It is a useful reminder that there seems to be something structural about conspiracy theories that captures our attention. One can think about all the popular podcasts that traffic implicitly and […]

Academia Press and Pop Culture

Astrology Handwringing (again)

Post author By Darin
Post date February 8, 2021

The BBC has joined the growing number of articles that try to explain away rational and intellectual interest in astrology: “The Anxieties and Apps Fuelling the Astrology Boom.” In this case, the author does a better job distinguishing astrology from the dross we see in newspapers.[1] But the basic assumption that animates this article is, […]