"Is Palmistry Superstition or Science?"
Almost anyone who has consulted a teacher about palm reading has asked this question. During my own study, I constantly asked myself the same question. My answer is~~~ "Palmistry is not superstition! It is science! But it cannot be fully explained by science!"
First, regarding the field of palmistry, throughout history, many practitioners might have been dishonest, or motivated by profit, or lacked specialization, or preserved only parts of the tradition when passing it down, or transmitted fragments for other reasons. Over time, this oral tradition could mislead seekers or produce inconsistent results, leading most people to consider palmistry as superstition.
Next, is palmistry science or metaphysics? The teacher believes it is both.
Palmistry is based on statistics, gradually explaining, analyzing, and inferring human behavior and possible events. Statistics is a branch of social science, and anthropology is also a branch of social science. Social sciences are a type of science. Therefore, palmistry is science. However, because it cannot "completely explain" the occurrences in palmistry scientifically—such as predicting something that might happen three years later, where too many variables make verification impossible—it is sometimes called "pseudo-science"!
But whether it is science or pseudo-science, if this field were truly useless, it would not exist. The current limits of technology and knowledge mean that what cannot be explained now might be explained in the future, just like how the 6th-century BC Greek mathematician Pythagoras first proposed scientifically that the Earth is a sphere, which was not widely believed until Columbus circumnavigated the Earth in the 17th century.
Fortune-telling may not be 100% accurate, and it may still lie outside the scope of science, but it can help us better understand ourselves and prepare "predictively." If it comes true, isn’t that wonderful? It can even help you avoid misfortune and reduce harm, which are excellent benefits!