Me Too!

[vegitafalis]

So since Siajara stole it from JennyLisa I'll steal it from her. Despite what the music industry, television and movie industries and intellectual property nuts will tell you progress is only made through theft of ideas

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[jossel]

Are you superstitious about anything? If so, what? If not, why not?

[vegitafalis]

I think it depends on what you believe a superstition is. I think traditionally people think of a superstition as a habit or practice formed for fear of supernatural reprecussion. Tossing spilled salt over your shoulder, not bathing after eating, etc. Often people don't regard them as superstitions, if it is supported by religious doctrine, unless of course it is supported by someone else's religious doctrine. Fasting for lent to a Catholic is not superstition, however not eating beef, pork or complete vegitarianism is, despite the same psychological underpinnings. Under this definition I do not believe that I have any superstitions. I do not believe that any action I commit, will have supernatural consequences regardless of the source

[jossel]

Re: your second paragraph, I think an act of faith sometimes comes out of learned experiences taken too far. So with your hands example, it may seem neurotic and illogical now but if you have an association with clammy hands and germs, (ie at some point you shook someone's hand, it was clammy, and then you got sick), then it is not superstitious as much as learned behavior. Now, its irrational to assume that everyone with clammy hands is going to have germs, but if that's your one experience... At some point your superstition really isn't so different from the scientific method, except that you fail to test it adequately and just assume the link between cause and effect

[jossel]

er, your third paragraph, not second

[siajara]

Why are you such a jerk? (said with all humor) :)

[vegitafalis]

Because if I don't act like a jerk, the spirits will curse me.

[jossel]

nice :)