Li Tai-feng, associate director of the Earth Sciences Research Institute at the Academia Sinica, argues that while interest in the stars and astrology is high, real scientific knowledge about their positions, shapes, and times is lacking.
「市面書店到處充斥著中西占星、算命的書籍，而大學生交友，見面就先報自己的星座，卻不知那個星座在天空的形狀、位置、出現的季節」，中央研究院地球科學研究所副所長李太楓認為，國人對天文的興趣雖濃厚，但知識淺薄。