Does anyone have any ideas as to why astrologers seem to be such a competitive, !


Question: Why is that? I don't get it. What's with the "I know so much more than you and therefore you know nothing" attitude that some of them give off? Isn't knowledge supposed to be shared? And shouldn't we all be helping each other with that as much as we can?

Anyone have any thoughts or ideas on this?


Answers: Why is that? I don't get it. What's with the "I know so much more than you and therefore you know nothing" attitude that some of them give off? Isn't knowledge supposed to be shared? And shouldn't we all be helping each other with that as much as we can?

Anyone have any thoughts or ideas on this?

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Nice to see questions like that sometimes. Hopefully it will make people think. ...oh, and I can't help but feel personally linked to the question as well since sometimes I seem to get more thumbs down than thumbs up. Luckily I don't give thumbs down - unless very few, isolated cases call for a thumbs down, of course! I generally only give thumbs up to people whose answers make sense - whether I like them or not - or just give no thumbs at all to the others.

The reason why is because thumbs down are generally useless - unless you've acquired enough of them to alert Y!A management and they will send you a warning - nothing more. So thumbs down have more of a psychological value; "people don't like my answer, what did I do wrong?" but it does nothing to your points.

Thumbs up, on the other hand, *if* your answer is picked as best answer, they give you extra points. So that's something concrete to add to your account ^_~

So really, that makes me wonder why people still bother with thumbing down answers at all - but I suspect Yahoo only worked that one in to give people here the illusion that they do have a freedom of choice and expression, whether it be positive or negative.


As to your question; I have noticed that some of the astrologers here often conclude their answer with how many experience they have. Again, that only has psychological value and manipulation value. I assume they expect that people will swallow every word they say simply because of their amount of experience. That is usually shown in the length and the contents of their answers; either short and strong, as if it was screaming "believe me or else!" - or copy-pasted.

I personally have my amount of astrological experience in my profile and I like it that way. People are free to believe my answers or not; I like to think that we still have freedom of mind so I don't want to force anything up on anyone. I am set on sharing all the knowledge that I have and it is out there for anyone to take; it won't make you worse, but possibly better.

So; to conclude: in all of the years I've encountered on-line astrologers, I have noticed that many of them compete with *younger* ones, slapping their years of "experience" around as a weapon, rather than their actual knowledge. Such behaviour is one of the reasons why people don't take astrologers seriously anymore (Chainlightning always comes with the argument that astrologers never agree on anything, which is - sadly enough - very true, but not because astrology is wrong, but simply because astrologers take too much pride in themselves and see themselves as something they're not; all knowing deities) so I am fully behind the idea of letting that behaviour stop and let people listen to each other and learn from each other.

And thank you to everyone else who answered as well:)Amon-Ra, fayt, Jemmy, blind existence, and Dave. Good answers all of you, too:) Report It


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  • Scam artist don't want anyone else pulling the same scam.
    It's money from their pocket.

    Depends.

    If they're trying to make money off their trade, then they'll be as competitive as used car salesmen.

    That's just how they roll, I guess.

    Wow, I just saw an answer like that and I was thinking about the exact same thing, RA!

    Well, this particular fact is what is making me believe that most of those who call themselves "astrologers" are the ones who are least worthy of the title....

    After all, we can never be sure about it. Call me suspicious, cautious or whatever...I'm still having my doubts about it.

    Great question, by the way :)

    You know I was thinking the same thing the other day. We need to stick together, support each other & share knowledge. There are enough people out there that already think we are nuts; we definitely don't need to be competing with each other. However, the format of YA encourages this kind of stupid competition with the thumbs up/down thing plus the Best Answer with stars. I always feel badly when I have to choose one over the other, especially when they are all good and then to have to rate with stars. As far as being a snippy bunch, I would have to say that as people, there will always be friction. Astrologers are seekers and in that quest to find answers, mistakes will be made. There are all kinds of people in all stages of development here; we have to be strong enough to understand where they are coming from and continue to guide with patience. Restless_Angel, pls don't be discouraged. I am so happy to know you and have learned so much from your answers.

    well if you're Sagittarius you pretend to know it all, but if you're Libra you would want to balance the balance :P. Sorry no intelligent opinion to say. everybody may know more than me but I don't like to loose a best answer!!!

    Answering to that question is very simple and not for astrologers for all job, profession is like that. if your eyes open you can see this in everywhere. We are living on hell, there are lots of demons living on earth and all of them say I not We. In every profession we can see this competition. But i agree with you.

    Hello Restless Angel,....You'll have to smile,When I came accross this question I was listening to Otis Readings"Respect",...Hey, Yahoo Answers is a zoo,We have Panda bears and Dung beetles!,...But its true what Aubergine said, its not how old you are or how long you are in a profession, its how much you know and whether you have the brain to interpret it!,....Just proves,Thumbs downs mean nothing!,....Lunar eclipse clouded out,Oh-no!,Jemmy.

    Maybe they are trying to prove who is the best, on this website here, I see some people copying and pasting answers and all of a sudden, they got a "Top Contributor" badge. To me, that is not right.

    I think that because astrology is intangible and everyone feels like it gives them the right to have their opinion on it whether theyre sure of it or not. coz you cant really concretely prove if theyre right or wrong.

    sometimes it comes down to who believes theyre right the most. some stir of the wrong direction and some keep them on track but not realizing that theyre the ones on the wrong side of the road.

    but yea, we should be learning together and share what we think not trying to impose every little thing on other people.

    Astro-logically speaking, there is ALL this ABUNDANT knowledge floating around out there, but this UNIVERSE of knowledge and concepts yet-to-be-discovered becomes muddled by human conflict.
    Think about it....it took a human Einstein to figure out a little something special about AN ATOM......need I say more?



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