Crazy old bag...
It makes me sad, that we - as a species - are so insecure and desperate to catch even a glimpse of the future, that many people believe this kind of nonsense. Even if prevalence of magical thinking didn't actively and continuously impede progress - it would still be a grim reminder, of how close we are to our ignorant roots and of the fact, that we can easily slide right back into comprehensive superstition, if we're ever deprived of the comforts of our modern civilization.
It makes me sad, that we - as a species - are so insecure and desperate to catch even a glimpse of the future, that many people believe this kind of nonsense. Even if prevalence of magical thinking didn't actively and continuously impede progress - it would still be a grim reminder, of how close we are to our ignorant roots and of the fact, that we can easily slide right back into comprehensive superstition, if we're ever deprived of the comforts of our modern civilization.
"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one." - George Bernard Shaw
