Do Superstitions Influence Your Daily Choices?

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This discussion explores the influence of superstitions on daily choices, particularly focusing on the cultural significance of Friday the 13th. Participants share personal anecdotes, such as compulsively mailing items directly at the Post Office and the impact of perceived luck on academic performance. The conversation highlights various phobias related to numbers and superstitions, including paraskevidekatriaphobia, the fear of Friday the 13th. Overall, the thread illustrates how superstitions can affect decision-making and emotional responses in everyday life.

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  • Understanding of cultural superstitions and their psychological impacts
  • Familiarity with common phobias, such as paraskevidekatriaphobia
  • Basic knowledge of how personal beliefs can influence behavior
  • Awareness of the significance of numbers in various cultures
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Individuals interested in psychology, cultural studies, and anyone examining the impact of superstitions on behavior and decision-making processes.

  • #61
Danger said:
Then why have you never been on Leno's show? :-p
"Attention-grabbing" and "threatening" are very different things.

Interesting side note: I went to private high school with one of the remnants of the Spanish Hapsburgs. The famous Hapsburg chin was still in evidence. (Course the guy was half crazy fom all the inbreeding.)
 
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..."This event registered a 9 on the K-Index, which measures the maximum deviation of the Earth's magnetic field in a given three-hour period," said Gayle Nelson, lead operations specialist at NOAA Space Environment Center. "The scale ranges from 0 to 9, with 9 being the highest. This was a significant event."

...This event was forecast by NOAA as the result of a solar flare that occurred on Friday, May 13...
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2005/s2437.htm

:smile:
 
  • #63
stoned said:
which number Chinese people fear the most ? maybe 4 ?
Definitely if they're in front of me on a golf course. :biggrin:

Huckleberry said:
Where can I get sodium?
If your bath salts have real salt in them, just separate it form the chlorine.

Ivan Seeking said:
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2005/s2437.htm
Are you sure that was a solar flare? Maybe somebody lit a match too close to those New Zealand sheep.
 

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