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Why rational people keep superstitious habits

I don't believe in anything supernatural but I still knock on wood and avoid walking under ladders and I feel ridiculous about it.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Superstitious behaviors can persist even when the person engaging in them intellectually rejects any supernatural causation.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Atheism — philosophical traditions?”

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