Astrology.

[Red Devil]

why are people so gullible? There must be at leats 50 million of them here in the UK. Some people even think soaps are REAL!!!

[Torplexed]

Originally Posted by Red Devil

why are people so gullible? There must be at leats 50 million of them here in the UK. Some people even think soaps are REAL!!!

Wishful thinking?....a wired in desire to believe in something bigger?....vulnerable to suggestion moments?...perhaps reality is too mundane? It's hard to say. Psychics, UFOs, Bigfoot, ghost hunters, spoon-benders..all this rubbish just recycles and recycles generation after generation despite the fact that none of it ever pans out to a feasible scientific conclusion. I find it amusing that we seem to go through an impending "End of the World" event every few years. When the moment passes and we're all still here, it seems to have no effect on certain people breathlessly lining up for the next apocalyptic claptrap prediction.

[Bilge_Rat]

burn the witch...

people dropped out of organised religion, but replaced it with Astrology instead...go figure...

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Red Devil

Some people even think soaps are REAL!!!

I remember an incident long ago here in the US. The stars of a certain soap opera were doing an autograph signing, when the actress who played a particularly nasty character was approached by a fan who started demanding to know why she was so mean to the fan's favorite characters. It took more than a bit of "I'm not her! I just play her on television!" to get the woman calmed down.