Bad/Good Things That Happen Without the Aid of a Deity

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Even someone like me who wanks over logic can see how easily superstitions form. Sometimes there "appears" to be a correlation between one thing and another thing, based on a sample size of 3 coincidences say. If the thing being "caused" is a positive thing, part of my brain starts jumping around and saying I must continue doing the same thing or else I might lose this advantage. I have to calm myself down and think it through rationally, and experiment to challenge my own hypothesis. When it inevitably turns out to be nothing, I feel stupid for having jumped to such a conclusion. But that's the pattern seeker in me.