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5751297 No.5751297[DELETED]  [Reply] [Original]

Why are humans superstitious creatures?

>> No.5751324

>>5751297
I think this is a better question for
>>>/x/

>> No.5751327

Because people think that any attempt at an answer is good enough for existential questions

>> No.5751332

>>5751324
Anthropology is a science

>> No.5751342

>>5751332
But superstition isn't

>> No.5751344

Because magnets confuse people and they can't understand how they work.

So they come up with an omnipotent being so they have a answer.

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5751347

>>5751342

>> No.5751639

>>5751324
Sage Boy's secret mission?
Divert all of the /sci/ shitposters to spill onto /x/

Here's another important post for you to see.
>>5751634

>> No.5751722

>>5751639
Sage Boy is *the* worst nickname for it. Lobotomize yourself if you can't come up with something better.

>> No.5751724

>>5751722
It's not only a retarded name, it's even wrong.

>> No.5751728

>>5751722
Would you rather I call him The X-Man?

>> No.5751732

>>5751722
We're using sarcastically.
I'm sticking with Sage Boy. It's done.

>> No.5751733

>>5751724
Are you a girl?

>> No.5751735

>>5751734
So that's why the boy in the nickname.

>> No.5751734

>>5751728
>him
>man

lel

>> No.5751737

>>5751733
Yes. Do you have a problem with women in science?

>> No.5751738

>>5751737
Go to bed, sage-boy.

>> No.5751741

>>5751738
no

>> No.5751742

>>5751733
Everyone on /sci/ is a girl, but the shitposter belongs on /lounge/, so that rule may or may not apply.

>> No.5751750

>>5751297

Because we're smart enough to understand implicitly that all things have a cause, but not to understand implicitly what that cause is. When something is beyond our ability to understand with the tools available (which, at the most basic are just our eyes, ears, noses & hands), we make up a reason to satisfy that desire.

>> No.5751796

>>5751297

Our brains are pattern seeking and threat-management organs. Naturally, false patterns and false threats come with the territory as it's not perfect. Our brains also aren't cut out for the subtle nature of language, logic, and estimating probability. A long time ago it was wise to react to any movement in the grass, whether it was just the wind or actually a predator. Presently, we have a hard time distinguishing from shadows and monsters.