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I think there’s another thing to pick here too. Horoscope makes some assumptions based on which time of a year you have been born. This obviously has very little effect on your life.

However the generation you’ve been born in has a massive effect on you. Each generation grows up with other kids from that generation, they learn from each other often more than from the older gen. This sorta creates a cultural gap between the generations, or generational gap as it’s called.

So when your mom says she was a hippie and got conservative along the years, it’s fair to call her a typical boomer

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In absolute terms, Boomers didn’t get more conservative as they aged, they got more liberal. Just at a much slower rate than the younger generations.

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You’re probably right

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Time of year athletes were born correlates with hockey performance or something right?

I’ve tried to use a fact like that to bridge the gap between me and those who like astrology.

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I recall hearing that there’s a correlation with being good at sports and having a birthday earlier in the school year. Reason being, at a young age, on average there’s a big advantage to being 6 months older, and that advantage can often result in a positive feedback loop. You get selected more for showing aptitude and thus receive more training, which results in being selected more.

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Yeah! Was that Freakonomics?

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