I Still [heart] Science

If you know me in real life, my last post may have caused some concern. What was going on with the skeptical Protagitron you knew and mostly tolerated? You see, in spite of my B.A. in English, I am an arts geek with a crush on science. Actually, that was my intro to my online dating profile for a while back when I had one. Sadly, it didn't bring the astrophysicists to the door. However, I generally have a healthy skepticism towards astrology, tarot, palmistry, and even nearly every form of alternative "medicine." My poor Dad is mocked constantly for his loyalty to his chiropractor, which would be a good time to make the following embarrassing admissions:

1. I used to go to an acupuncturist regularly
2. One of my holds at the library is for a book on ayurveda
3. I tried reading my tarot cards again today

From that, you might conclude that along with a blockage of chi and an imbalance of pitta, my problem is hypocrisy. Which is not quite true. I never believed in acupuncture and still gained some benefit from my sessions. While the placebo effect did its thing, I was forced to stop doing mine and actually rest. The Ayurveda may be less explicable, and the tarot utterly ridiculous, but I'm doing the former to improve my diet and the latter for the lulz. Though my reading today caused me enough concern that I had to use my introductory knowledge of probability to reason my way out of it. But more on that tomorrow, when I've checked that I didn't make some error out of poorly placed intuition. Today I just wanted to confirm for you all that I am pretty much as woo woo-free as ever, and you needn't worry that I'll try curing myself with crystals.