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[-] Mobiuthuselah@mander.xyz 14 points 3 weeks ago

Not any more than palm reading is a science (it's not.) It could be considered an art I suppose, but science needs to be things that can be tested and produce repeatable results.

[-] iii@mander.xyz 1 points 3 weeks ago

If me and 5 friends read your a-hole, I bet all of us would come to the same conclusion.

[-] Mobiuthuselah@mander.xyz 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Still wouldn't make it scientific. Nothing was tested. It was only observations and imagination. You could all lay in the grass and agree that a cloud shape looks similar to something else. Doesn't mean a thing.

[-] Lembot_0004@discuss.online 12 points 3 weeks ago

"Science" has a rather strict "scientific" definition. Predictability, repeatability, etc. I don't remember details.

[-] alzymologist@sopuli.xyz 11 points 3 weeks ago

Mighty Shai-hulud!

[-] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 weeks ago
[-] OpenStars@piefed.social 8 points 3 weeks ago

It depends on whether the asshole has a title of Professor.

[-] 58008@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

I can tell by the flavour that a new love interest will come into your life imminently.

[-] Hackworth@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 weeks ago

From the chaote perspective, any dynamic system with chaotic properties can be used for divination. But a science? Nah.

[-] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 weeks ago

Can't you just read X instead?

[-] angrystego@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It can be considered pseudoscience. The question is - do we want to consider it at all?

[-] HakunaHafada@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 weeks ago

Some people would. You know, for science.

[-] TheThrillOfTime@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago

I'm a reading asshole, am I a science?

[-] Gumus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago

Isn't that what Sylvester Stallone's mom did for a living?

[-] Zerush@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

Taking advantage of the best daring lip sensitivity to investigate with anomancy the boss, getting ascending to the employee of the month.

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