There might be a sort of disease of anthropomorphism in modern (Western) culture. From a young age, kids are exposed to talking trains and animals and all manne

There might be a sort of disease of anthropomorphism in modern (Western) culture. From a young age, kids are exposed to talking trains and animals and all manner of other things. This probably makes people very susceptible to ascribing properties to things that can't have them: "hot" slot machines, "lucky" dice, and so on.