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Lingering superstitions?
#11
RE: Lingering superstitions?
The number 666 creeps me out.
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#12
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If u pray.. jesus will hear it..
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#13
RE: Lingering superstitions?
(February 23, 2014 at 3:22 am)BrokenQuill92 Wrote: Don't take coins from a dead man's pocket?

No superstitions here. I rifle through the pockets of every corpse I come upon.
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#14
RE: Lingering superstitions?
(February 23, 2014 at 12:21 pm)Rahul Wrote:
(February 23, 2014 at 3:22 am)BrokenQuill92 Wrote: Don't take coins from a dead man's pocket?

No superstitions here. I rifle through the pockets of every corpse I come upon.

And that happens, what...five, six times a week, tops?

Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
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(February 23, 2014 at 12:22 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: And that happens, what...five, six times a week, tops?

Boru

On a good week.
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I never shit under a ladder.
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#17
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I admittedly smoke the house with sage every New Years Day and Lent more out of tradition than superstition
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#18
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No superstitions as such but I do catch myself thinking in ways that connect me to the universe that are obviously ludicrous looking at it cold.

For example. I am watching my team play football. I need to go to the loo. I "know" that if I go they will score and I will miss it.

Now really I do know there is no connection between my toilet visit and the game. All the same - they always bloody do!
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#19
RE: Lingering superstitions?



I have "spells" where I become superstitious or religious for a while, and then just as suddenly get over it. I'm deeply religious if that counts, though I wouldn't put that in the same league.

I think of superstitions as primarily the result of an episode of faulty learning, so anyone can pick up a superstition at any time, as it's only partially a function of personality traits like skepticism, religiosity, and credulity. This is probably why superstitions are such a prominent part of sports. Athletes are constantly trying to learn, so more faulty episodes of learning will occur, with stronger motivation to maintain it.

I have the feeling my "spells" are caused by something neurological, but I think it's perfectly natural for ordinary, mentally healthy people to have similar spells of lesser intensity. Skepticism seems to be the norm for me.

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(February 23, 2014 at 1:54 pm)max-greece Wrote: No superstitions as such but I do catch myself thinking in ways that connect me to the universe that are obviously ludicrous looking at it cold.

For example. I am watching my team play football. I need to go to the loo. I "know" that if I go they will score and I will miss it.

Now really I do know there is no connection between my toilet visit and the game. All the same - they always bloody do!

Tivo is like atheism then?
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