Personality Tests as Astrology

Commenters compare a personality assessment tool or dating app feature to astrology, dismissing it as pseudoscientific nonsense akin to horoscopes and zodiac signs.

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paulcole Oct 4, 2018 View on HN

It's astrology for people who think they don't believe in astrology.

NikhilVerma Jun 15, 2024 View on HN

I wonder what the astrologers have to say about this

gnicholas Sep 5, 2019 View on HN

Well, there's this: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/01/the-new-a...

axod May 31, 2008 View on HN

This is only one step away from astrology surely.

nunodonato Jun 19, 2020 View on HN

astrologers will have a different interpretation ;)

HumanOstrich Jan 19, 2026 View on HN

It's more like following astrology - entirely irrelevant to reality.

amelius Mar 13, 2016 View on HN

Perhaps astrology has some truth to it after all :)

jakubmazanec Nov 30, 2024 View on HN

App looks great, but astrology is still nonsense, with our without the new age stuff.

Sapient Feb 2, 2010 View on HN

Its kind of like astrology - they are almost all right if you want them to be right.

davidguetta Jul 26, 2023 View on HN

Mandatory plug: my personal website with a FastAPI stackhttps://arcadia-astrology.com/en/And yeah i do believe in it. Not the basic ones with newspaper horoscope but the full analysis of the 12 planets and hous placement.Why ? I've seen a few people including myself being able to tell to SEVERAL PEOPLE "no you're not born at that hour" and after verifyg,