PhilinBSAS
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How far have you gone native with your superstitions?
Have you forgotten Fri 13? Are you now totally zoned into next Tuesday 13th? Like Argentinians, other Spanish speaking people and, apparently Greeks. Watch out then for November later this year
Or did you stay in bed for as long as possible today Friday 13th
Or both??
Does living in Argentina increase your superstitious side?
For those who say they have no superstitions forget it!
"We cling to these habits because we – or ancient animal parts of our brains – do not want to risk finding out what happens if we change. The rituals survive despite seeming irrational because they are coded in parts of our brains, which are designed by evolution not to think about reasons. They just repeat what seemed to work last time. This explains why having personal rituals is a normal part of being human. It is part of our inheritance as intelligent animals, a strategy that works in the long-term, even though it clearly does not make sense for every individual act."
So says http://mindhacks.com/2012/04/23/bbc-future-column-personal-superstitions/
Maybe .... all we have left is our superstitions!
If you stick with phobia of Friday 13th you Triskaidekaphobic you and manage to get through today then the next one is not until September 2013 (as far as I can see as I walk under this ladder)
Have you forgotten Fri 13? Are you now totally zoned into next Tuesday 13th? Like Argentinians, other Spanish speaking people and, apparently Greeks. Watch out then for November later this year
Or did you stay in bed for as long as possible today Friday 13th
Or both??
Does living in Argentina increase your superstitious side?
For those who say they have no superstitions forget it!
"We cling to these habits because we – or ancient animal parts of our brains – do not want to risk finding out what happens if we change. The rituals survive despite seeming irrational because they are coded in parts of our brains, which are designed by evolution not to think about reasons. They just repeat what seemed to work last time. This explains why having personal rituals is a normal part of being human. It is part of our inheritance as intelligent animals, a strategy that works in the long-term, even though it clearly does not make sense for every individual act."
So says http://mindhacks.com/2012/04/23/bbc-future-column-personal-superstitions/
Maybe .... all we have left is our superstitions!
If you stick with phobia of Friday 13th you Triskaidekaphobic you and manage to get through today then the next one is not until September 2013 (as far as I can see as I walk under this ladder)
