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> This reminds of psychological study about superstition. They studied fishing habits of South American Indian tribes; the tribes that fished in lakes, had cons
by ssalazar 11y ago
> This reminds of psychological study about superstition. They studied fishing habits of South American Indian tribes; the tribes that fished in lakes, had consistent and reasonable rules about when/where to go fishing. However, the tribes that fished in the ocean, where you cannot predict the catch, had rather random and superstitious rules about when/where to go. This is due to our brains seeing patterns in randomness.
Thats really interesting. Would love to read more about it if you have a source for that off hand.
- js8 11y agoIt comes from this lecture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_dLJ1FxGuo&list=PLRKa53-za1rJb_rJdNmqQUhJWqFdeQijH&index=13 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_dLJ1FxGuo&list=PLRKa53-za1..., around 10 minute mark.