Episode 68: People often anchor strong decisions to ideologies that are not proven in evidence or are regarded as 'pseudoscience'. I sat down with the prominent anomalistic psychologist Dr Chris French to specifically chat about horoscopes, how we form meaning from them and MOST importantly, why are they so entangled to our love life 🔮 ❤️ WARNING: Might make you question the validity of horoscopes x Time stamps: 00:00 INTRO 00:50 Bio 02:35 Initial interest 08:13 General belief 14:00 Barnum effect ✨ 20:00 Locus of control 29:14 WHY scepticism? 32:40 Gen Z found god? 43:43 Relationships & Starsigns ❤️ 54:24 Convenience of GOD 57:08 Louis Theroux docu 20:00 WHY scepticism? 1:01:00 WHY scepticism? 🔗 Stay Connected 🔗 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices