Is eight-character fortune telling pseudoscience?

Eight-character fortune telling is neither scientific nor superstitious. But based on the experience (or statistics) of China's world view.

The theoretical basis of eight-character fortune telling is the theory of yin-yang and five elements, which is the same as that of traditional Chinese medicine.

The theory of Yin-Yang and Five Elements accords with materialist dialectics. The five elements are matter, Yin and Yang are the unity of opposites, and the mutual contradiction between the five elements (that is, the so-called extremes of things must be reversed) is the negation of quantitative change, qualitative change and negation.

The theory of yin-yang and five elements is superstitious because the five elements can be perceived, but they cannot be scientifically verified or quantified.

But you can't deny it arbitrarily and unscientific.

In fact, this reflects the difference between Chinese and western world views. China is macro-comprehensive, while the west is micro-subdivided. It is also reasonable to think that the world consists of five elements. For example, when we distinguish between people and pigs, we can distinguish them as a whole, without dissecting their cells or genes in a microscopic way like in the West.

In fact, we can also see the difference between Chinese medicine and western medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine regards people as a whole, while western medicine constantly decomposes people into combinations of organ cells. In fact, the former is sometimes more reasonable, because western medicine is more reasonable only when the relationship between organs is weak or nonexistent, otherwise it is more reasonable as a complex. After all, people are not a simple combination of organs.

In addition, Chinese medicine needs to combine the external environment, individual stage, spirit and other conditions to embody the concept of seeking truth from facts, comprehensive and dynamic development. This aspect is undoubtedly more reasonable.

Practice is the only criterion for testing truth.

There is no doubt that Chinese medicine has a lot of practice and has a certain exact effect.

According to my limited practice, eight-character fortune-telling has certain accuracy, but it can't reach the height of scientific requirements.

Besides the rationality of theoretical basis, there is another reason why there is certain accuracy, which is based on the only scale of organisms-time and long-term practice accumulation.

Therefore, if we must look at it from a scientific point of view, no matter Chinese medicine or eight characters, we can regard it as a knowledge that has not yet completed statistics.

Or it can be regarded as another kind of science, which is different from the macroscopic comprehensive science of western science in microscopic analysis, and can be called "China Science". However, to develop this science, it seems that the methods so far can only be verified by actual statistics and practice.

Therefore, it is suggested that the development of traditional Chinese medicine should make use of modern science and technology and the power of the state to make statistics before there is a more scientific and reasonable method. It is not difficult for the country to use big data statistics now. In addition, vigorously develop diagnostic instruments suitable for Chinese medicine and try to exclude subjective judgment.

This should be able to count repeated results that can be verified by science. This is based on the fact that the signs of the public are different within a certain range, except for a few. In fact, the common Chinese medicines we usually drink are the results of long-term statistics and repeatable verification. By the way, remind those Chinese medicine fans not to mention that one person is the extreme view of Chinese medicine, because if a person's signs are really complicated to the point where everyone has a qualitative difference, then any medicine is useless! This formulation is a trap that really hinders the development of Chinese medicine, but it is just a ridiculous excuse for the incompetent to avoid scientific verification.

For example, pulse diagnosis, measuring the strength and frequency of pulse by instruments, can be summarized as "sinking pulse" in a certain range, and can also be further subdivided into "heavy sinking", "moderate sinking" and "light sinking". , combined with other statistical symptoms, use the corresponding formula and volume. And this statistical result is universal, except for some special constitutions.

As can be seen from the above, the so-called "masters" are very few in probability. After all, relying on personal accumulation and judgment, the accuracy rate is not much higher in theory. Therefore, if you arbitrarily charge high fees in the name of "master", it is suspected of fraud. And if the two sides price according to the accuracy, and you charge reasonably, it is a normal labor transaction. After all, it takes brains and time to calculate the eight characters.

In Baidu, I know that it helps people calculate here, but I don't know the rest. I'm free anyway.

But unfortunately, this kind of free measurement is not accurate, and few people like it or adopt it ~ ~ ~

I say this to remind people who are looking for tests, which will make people discouraged. Or things that are too easy to get will not be cherished, but those that pretend to be masters are more popular.

Let's talk about whether fate exists objectively: from the perspective of materialism, the answer is yes. For example, if people are regarded as an intelligent missile, its trajectory certainly exists objectively. It's just that the trajectory of people is much more complicated. It will be better understood to change fate into trajectory here.

People who say that "fate is in their own hands" inadvertently become idealists, because the so-called "mastery" is only your own subjective will, not the real "mastery" of objective reality. This is because spirit is higher than matter, and the illusion caused by spiritual freedom. But it's not just your thoughts that determine your personal trajectory (the result of your behavior). Even your own thoughts and decisions have long been influenced by your own material decisions and the spirit (ideas) absorbed by the surrounding forces (such as your growing environment). You know, people are material first, and of course they will not be determined by the spirit. That is to say, you can't become Einstein if you want to. As a member of matter, man not only has his own trajectory, but also has his own energy (quantity) and force (quantity), and through this ability, he has an effect on people, money and things around him. Similarly, the ability of people around you will also affect yourself. Obviously, your own trajectory (destiny) will definitely not be decided by yourself!

In fact, the sages who invented fortune telling should, like today's scientists, try to understand people themselves, because only by understanding her can you change, and its ultimate goal is to hold destiny in human hands. The mastery here is the real mastery.

Obviously, people's ability and trajectory are extremely complex, which is determined by the complexity of people themselves (an intelligent life, the body is not only a matter, but also a living matter, and wisdom forms a person). At present, human civilization cannot be accurately calculated, not to mention China's traditional fortune telling. But China's fortune-telling can be used as a reference for empirical research. In fact, many sciences have also developed from empirical research.

Some of the most powerful people who doubt the theory of fate:

1. Why do people born at the same time have different fates? In fact, this only shows that people's understanding of fate is still very limited, in other words, the current fortune telling is still not perfect. Take the eight-character fortune-telling based on the five elements theory, she only considers time, only time. As a matter, the concrete generation of human beings should be an instant, and it has its own spatial form and position, so it is more accurate to calculate its trajectory.

2. Why do people born at different times have the same fate? In fact, this shows that people's fate is not decided by themselves, but influenced by the fate (trajectory) of other people and things.

3. If one is lucky, when will the pie fall? In fact, this assumption itself is untenable, because there is no static fate (eight characters) in this world, that is, there are no motionless people. In addition, according to personal experience, lucky people will not have lazy personality.

By the way, please treat non-science with a scientific attitude, that is, don't take it for granted to judge areas you don't understand, because you are not qualified. If you really want to judge, please understand and verify them first, and then speak with data. ?

Finally, give a definition to the scientific term "fate":

Fatology should study people's energy (quantity), strength (quantity) and interaction with surrounding things through people's ability and relationship with them. Man's ability includes both between things (such as gravity) and between spirit and matter, as well as between spirit and spirit (temporarily called "100 million gravity" and "trillion gravity"). ? Of course, it is obvious that the fate I am talking about here is different from the fate of traditional fortune telling.

Answer a supplementary question: Can fate be changed?

From the materialist point of view, it cannot be changed at present. Because at present, human beings cannot change the material basis of their genes. So the so-called "masters" who can help you change your fortune are basically liars.