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You'd be surprised at how many things we do without understanding the causality behind them. I don't think you'd call those superstition. eg. https://www.news

• ben_w 5y ago
  Most people would be surprised, but I’m happy to assert most of the things we do with an expectation of causal effect are superstitions. While people don’t generally understand bikes [0], in this case superstition would be more about people building them like in any of the [0] illustrations (or e.g. saying “I need suspension/carbon fibre frame” without knowing what those are for) rather than not being aware of how the laws of motion stop it falling over — except for bikes with trick steering, average people aren’t even going to bother asserting a causal mechanism for motion: https://youtu.be/9cNmUNHSBac https://youtu.be/9cNmUNHSBac [0] https://momentummag.com/can-tell-whats-wrong-bicycles/ https://momentummag.com/can-tell-whats-wrong-bicycles/
• toqy 5y ago
  I bet you didn't expect them to double down with "actually i do think bikes and most things we do are superstition"
  • ben_w 5y ago
    Specific aspects of bikes, not bikes in general. Hnfong may yet convince me I’m wrong.