Original sentence: Given this approach it is not surprising that the scientific tests devised by these people are flawed as is the evidence based on them.In doing so, they don´t realise they are merely serving as an obstacle to enlightened inquiry.On the basis of this approach, these activists erroneously presuppose their limited approach makes them able to judge the true merits of astrology.People judge astrology on its own merits rather than dictums of a few claiming, in effect, to be the high priests of a materialist creed.Perhaps, this explains why the belief in astrology remains widespread.Second rate hacks then jump on the sci-fi bandwagon proletizing to immunize the unwary against such intellecutal error, or worse, to stamp out such information.The prejudices of this group are based on a significant lack of knowledge of the true nature of astrology, in turn emanating from a "pre-cognitive intellectual act" rooted in a deeply ingrained belief in epistemological axioms of materialism that effectively preclude the existence of phenomena essentially belonging in the domain of idealism.The scientific community, or more correctly, a group of activist scientists, presuppose they are able to judge astrology based on mechanical tests, whereas the nature of astrology defies such easy formulations
Edited sentence: Despite the lack of scientific evidence, belief in astrology is widespread