Not religious doesn't necessarily mean atheist

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Not sure why you would call astrology or healing crystals or witchcraft as anything to do with atheism/religion. And it's not hugely surprising, since the more unstructured nature of the woo-pseudosciences is way less structured than most religions.

Astrology has been debunked by numerous academic studies, but Banu Guler... said the lack of structure in the field is exactly what drives young, educated professionals to invest their time and money in the practice.

Bolded mine, and I think he's right. Young people seem to be less willing to be put into a structure or system simply because they're told to (I know I am). However, the second half of his statement is not supported by the very study the article points to (or rather, the article it points to which points to the study, since people can't be arsed to link to the actual fucking study anymore).

Not surprisingly, those with less science education and less "factual knowledge" have become increasingly willing to accept astrology as legitimate science, with 65 percent of such individuals considering the pseudo-science credible in 2012, up from 48 percent in 2010.

Of course more young people will be less educated...because they're young. Just irks me that this woo-slinging asshat in the article (and most woo-slinging asshats) always inevitably try to use education as a factor in their favor, when it is so obviously the other way around.

By the way, here's the actual study that both articles refer to but only one of which provides the link. https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind14/i...-7/c7h.htm