How does astronomy affect society?
1 Answer
Both modern astronomy and ancient-astronomy-based astrology affect society, side by side.
Explanation:
The society can be divided into groups as follows.
(1) Interested in both Astronomy and astrology that hovers around
ancient astronomy.
(2) More interested in astronomy than in astrology.
(3) More interested in astrology as science than in astronomy as
science
(4) Believing astronomical surmises but not having faith in astrology.
(5) Not at all bothering about astronomy but leading everyday life
under the guidelines provided in astrological predictions for the day
and the future.
In ancient times, astrology was a synonym for astronomy. Glorious
tributes to Copernicus, Galileo and Kepler, with the advent of
astronomy as a separate science, scientists were
divided into two groups, astronomers and astrologers. Currently,
astrologers are novice astronomers who are unable to cope up with
the advanced study and research that require knowledge of
astrophysics and other allied sciences, culminating with
hyperphysics.
If we consider all these aspects, the impact of astronomy on
modern society is getting more and more pronounced than before,
and this would continue as incremental, for ever.
Even now, (4) is the smallest group, and I have been in this group,
from my early teens.
