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by jkhdigital 1725 days ago
My sister, who is sharp but not highly educated, gave me a book on numerology once. I read the first chapter at least, just to humor her, and came away with the exact same feeling: zero information.

She’s a very “intuitive” kind of person, if you know what I mean. I do my best to stay curious and avoid judging her narratives about her personal experience; even if her explanations seem nonsensical I can’t deny the phenomenology of it.

However, I definitely draw a firm line with her on numerology. When you’re talking up theories about historical events and real people and organizations, you’re in the realm of falsifiability and you’d better bring evidence.