How to suppress the Gauquelin Mars Effect? Strategies of concerned committtess

Author: Ertel, Prof. Suitbert
Abstract: This article summarises the evidence for the reality of Gauquelin’s claim of planet-birth frequency correlations The existence of planetary effects, however, exemplified by Mars and sports champions, is denied by skeptic circles. The grounds for this point of view are traced to biased investigations. The skeptics tend to work out insufficient designs, to collect unfavorable data, to prevent planetary effects from emerging, to ignore positive results if they show up or to obliterate them by reinterpretation and to defame authors whose results confirm planetary effects while providing evidence for the skeptics’ unfairness. The conclusion is that an increasing number of unprejudiced scientists is required who are ready to acknowledge the existing positive evidence while augmenting it by replications.
Keywords: Gauquelin, planetary effects. Mars, sports champions, skeptics, replications
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Publication: Correlation: Astrological Association Journal of Research Into Astrology
Issue: Volume 15 Issue 1
Dated: 1996
Pages: Pages 2 – 16