Skip to content
quotesby

About this quote

What does it mean?
Belief in astrology is a simple test to gauge someone's intellectual rigor.
In plain terms
To test an intellectual, see if they believe in astrology.
What can you take from it?
Astrology beliefs reveal a person's critical thinking standards.

Where it applies

  • academic circles
  • social debates
  • hiring

Putting it to work

  • assess critical thinking
  • question unproven claims
  • seek evidence

Questions to consider

  • What beliefs signal intelligence to you?
  • How do you test critical thinking?

Another view

Belief in astrology does not strictly prove a lack of intellect.

More from Robert A. Heinlein

  1. A poet who reads his verse in public may have other nasty habits.

    Permalink to quote #50
  2. A woman is not property, and husbands who think otherwise are living in a dreamworld.

    Permalink to quote #52
  3. A motion to adjourn is always in order.

    Permalink to quote #49

Related quotes

  1. This is one of those views which are so absurd that only very learned men could possibly adopt them.

    Bertrand RussellBertrand Russell quote #51
  2. There are two ways to slide easily through life: to believe everything or to doubt everything; both ways save us from thinking.

    Alfred KorzybskiAlfred Korzybski quote #11
  3. Rabid suspicion has nothing in it of skepticism. The suspicious mind believes more than it doubts. It believes in a formidable and ineradicable evil lurking in…

    Eric HofferEric Hoffer quote #58