Questions tagged [superstition]
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Was Sigmund Freud "deathly afraid" of the number 62?
The Wikipedia article on the number 62 states this, and provides a link to a (paywalled) Time article that I can't access. I found a book on Google books that chalks this up to aspects of Freud's "Jewish mysticism." However, I can't find any sources…
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Does paraskevidekatriaphobia (fear of Friday 13th) cause a decrease in commerce?
On the CBS FM radio this morning (101.1FM in NYC area), the host of the show mentioned offhand that "paraskevidekatriaphobia" (fear of Friday the 13th) causes a loss of $1 billion in commerce annually, due to superstitious individuals not leaving…
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Did the Vanderbilts from the Gilded Age bathe in saltwater?
Recently, I visited the mansion that the Vanderbilt family (from the Gilded Age, late 1800s) used to live in -- it's commonly referred to as "The Breakers", located in Newport, Rhode Island. Many of the bathrooms had bathtubs with four valves: two…
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Do a high number of human deaths in a given location correlate to an increase in reported ghost sitings in later years?
Among the various locations for "haunted" places (old houses/mansions, graveyards, etc), battlefields rank as fairly common. I suppose the logic being that since lots of humans die in these locations, the likelihood of one or more poor souls turning…
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Is showering after breakfast bad for the stomach?
Possible Duplicate:
Can bathing after having eaten make you drown?
Elders have always been telling us that it's inappropriate to have a bath right after breakfast because it "destroys the stomach".
However, this seems like a myth. Any clue…
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Are these curses real?
For example:
According to a theatrical superstition, called the Scottish curse, speaking the name Macbeth inside a theatre will cause disaster. (Wikipedia)
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According to the legend, a curse befell the large, blue diamond when it was plucked…
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If the universe is just a Matrix-like simulation, how could we ever know?
If the universe is just a Matrix-like simulation, how could we ever know?
This is a sample from reading I have done.
All we have to do to identify what these constraints would be is to build our own simulation of the universe, which is close to…
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