AW: [meteorite-list] ...and treasure hunting (a rant)... and astrology!

From: Martin Altmann <altmann_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon May 1 20:07:26 2006
Message-ID: <002f01c66c82$63847050$4f41fea9_at_name86d88d87e2>

Humm,

I have a question, which is spooking in my mind concerning astrology.
Well to the planets (incl. Sun, Moon) were ascribed basic properties like
cold, hot, humid, dry. For the horoscope one takes their position related to
the sections of ecliptic, who again have those basic properties
and this whole, how it lies in the sections of the houses for the point of
time and for the geographical place wherein or for the prediction should be
made. (well in medieval times there were 6 concurring ways of drawing the
lines of houses, I guess today most use that of Regiomontanus, where
unfortunately all Inuit have the same fate...).
+ some simple angles between them and other points.

I saw also, that nowadays the modern planets are in use too, Uranus, Neptun
and Pluto and even Vesta!!

Well, if I would take now all known asteroids from the main belt and
attribute to them, as they have similar distances and circulation times,
the same attributes,
then, because of their large number and their homogenous distribution,
the other planets have no significance anymore
and each horoscope for each place and time would be always the same,
wouldn't it?

So I guess one could answer to the Deep Impact-Lady:
It simply doesn't matter.

I think I should be an astrologer, more money to make as with stones from
the skies and with my new idea, it would be a very comfort job.

(Hula! Mr Hulk Starrockers has some rare names micros on ebay. Peace River,
Waconda, New Concord, Kernouve, Ibbenbueren - I guess somewhere in stock we
have also some Vouille, Beenham, Warrenton, Bremervoerde, Kesen, Hvittis and
more of the above mentioned....
and if someone is hungry for a 53kg Uruacu, just gimme a hint.
I didn't made an Ad for sooo long time!)

Buckleboo!
(The Kammels send me so many photos of the Buckleboo place!!!)
Martin





-----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
Von: meteorite-list-bounces_at_meteoritecentral.com
[mailto:meteorite-list-bounces_at_meteoritecentral.com] Im Auftrag von tracy
latimer
Gesendet: Freitag, 28. April 2006 19:37
An: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
Betreff: [meteorite-list] Meteorites, science, and treasure hunting (a rant)

After reading some of the earlier posts to the lists, I got on my high horse

and fired off a message that apparently got lost on the way. That's good,
because it was fairly mean-spirited; a private message from Mr. T in
response to an earlier post was much more civil in tone. I didn't need to
jump into the pigpen with both feet.

After consideration (and a break to tone things down), I stand by much of
what I said in my earlier, regretted post: was anything of significant
cultural or scientific value actually harmed by this admittedly somewhat
commercial venture? Was the boost to science outweighed by any damage done?

  There seems to be a trend toward modern Luddites, who try to slow or stop
anything resembling scientific progress in the name of ill-considered
'sensitivities': ecological, cultural, or other. Science must be respectful

of these things, but it shouldn't come to a screeching halt without good
reason, and too many of the reasons being promoted today are someone else's
personal bee in the bonnet, without equally good science to back it up. One

of the examples I gave was the woman who attempted to sue NASA over the Deep

Impact project; she claimed it interfered with her astrological projections!

Until an artifact is located, examined, and curated, it's nothing but an
interesting feature rotting in the dirt.

Respectfully,
Tracy Latimer


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