[CarolinaGuitarman]

"You might be surprised at the amount of direct observation that was made and recorded, both on the part of stars and planets and human behavior."

But it was all BS. They weren't really observing any forces.

"Of course there were elements spun out of whole cloth from time to time."

Most of the time.

"Fact is, they were able to make some decent predictions, not unlike the predictions we can make to this day r.e. PMS."

They only made *decent* predictions when they made very very vague ones. And what predictions did they make regarding PMS.? This aught to be good.

[b_sharp]

Give it up CG, Fester's insistence on defining the world according to his own personal views is a demon even science can't exorcise.

[Fester Chugabrew]

But it was all BS. They weren't really observing any forces.

You didn't do any reading, did you? No, it was not all BS. They were observing the same stars and planets we observe to this day. Of course they weren't observing the "forces" any more than you can observe the "force" of gravity. As they observed the planets they also observed and recorded human behavior. Over time they noted predictable, repeatable behaviors during certain times of year. Their observations are largely responsible for the analog clocks we've been using, divided into twelve hours.

And what predictions did they make regarding PMS.

I specifically referred to our ability to predict it these days. I suspect they also came to know and predict certain behaviors each lunar month, IYKWIM.