People like to think that the world is orderly and predictable, and that there is some secret mechanism behind randomness. It is precisely this need that gives rise to various pseudosciences, including numerology. They offer people the comfort they so desire.
Numerology is based on the arbitrary assumption that numbers have a special meaning that influences a person’s character, destiny or life events. There is no evidence or repeatability for any of this. There are only interpretations after the fact. If something coincides, then it works, if it does not coincide, then the interpretation was not correct.
These pseudosciences use the same techniques: general statements that anyone can identify with, selectively choosing what fits and completely ignoring what doesn’t. This is exactly how any belief system works.
Pseudoscience teaches bad thinking habits — accepting statements without evidence. It encourages the idea that feelings are more important than facts and that belief itself is an argument. As a result, critical thinking becomes unnecessary, because “I feel it” begins to replace reality.
Pseudoscience uses “clever” words such as vibrations, frequencies, or quantum energy to make the information presented sound more credible, but in essence, these are empty words. Science does not need faith — it must be verifiable and repeatable. The world is not a personalized set of symbols or numbers that individuals can study and accept as knowledge in order to make the “right” life choices.
If numbers really determined fate, they would be universal, predictable, and verifiable. They are not. Numerology does not predict anything — it interprets the past. The ability to say “I don’t know” is much more honest than believing in the absurd.