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The HBS hosts discuss the nature, origin, and deployment of superstitions.
It seems as if superstitions just evidence a misunderstanding of the relation between some cause and some effect. So, training in critical thinking *should* help to allay superstitions… and, yet, it doesn’t. How important are behaviors to superstitions? Do superstitions require a belief in the supernatural? Are there harmless superstitions?
Full episode notes at this link:
http://hotelbarpodcast.com/podcast/episode-43-superstition/
SUPPORT Hotel Bar Sessions podcast on Patreon here:
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By Leigh M. Johnson, Jennifer Kling, Bob Vallier4.9
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The HBS hosts discuss the nature, origin, and deployment of superstitions.
It seems as if superstitions just evidence a misunderstanding of the relation between some cause and some effect. So, training in critical thinking *should* help to allay superstitions… and, yet, it doesn’t. How important are behaviors to superstitions? Do superstitions require a belief in the supernatural? Are there harmless superstitions?
Full episode notes at this link:
http://hotelbarpodcast.com/podcast/episode-43-superstition/
SUPPORT Hotel Bar Sessions podcast on Patreon here:
patreon.com/hotelbarsessions

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