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AI6YR Ben<p>Carl Sagan was right.</p><p>NY Times: Couples Are Hiring Shamans to Keep Their Destination Weddings Rain-Free</p><p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/superstition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>superstition</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/ingersoll-robert-green/77795/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>Robert Ingersoll</b></a></p><blockquote>The Church hates a thinker precisely for the same reason a robber dislikes a sheriff, or a thief despises the prosecuting witness. Tyranny likes courtiers, flatterers, followers, fawners, and superstition wants believers, disciples, zealots, hypocrites, and subscribers.</blockquote><p><b>Robert Green Ingersoll</b> (1833-1899) American lawyer, agnostic, orator<br>Lecture (1873-12) “Individuality,” Chicago Free Religious Society</p> <p>Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/ingersoll-robert-green/77795/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/ingersoll-robert-gre…</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>qotd</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=robertingersoll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>robertingersoll</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=Christianity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Christianity</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=church" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>church</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=freethought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freethought</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=rationality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rationality</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>religion</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=superstition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>superstition</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=thought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thought</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=freethinker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freethinker</span></a></p>
Scott Pfitzinger<p>In 1995, Carl Sagan introduced the concept of a "Baloney Detection Kit." This consisted of 8 tools and techniques for critical thinking and evaluating claims. Full quote at the link below.</p><p>Even back then, he saw our culture sliding back into pseudoscience and superstition.</p><p><a href="https://www.openculture.com/2016/04/carl-sagan-presents-his-baloney-detection-kit-8-tools-for-skeptical-thinking.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">openculture.com/2016/04/carl-s</span><span class="invisible">agan-presents-his-baloney-detection-kit-8-tools-for-skeptical-thinking.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/CarlSagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CarlSagan</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/baloney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>baloney</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/pseudoscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pseudoscience</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/superstition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>superstition</span></a></p>
Camellia Tea Ceremony<p>In some stories the thunder demon Raijū (雷獣) nestles in belly buttons. To wake his companion, Raijin creates thunder.</p><p>The temperature often drops when storms approach, and such superstitions were a useful way to remind children to cover up to avoid catching colds.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/superstition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>superstition</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>folklore</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/raijin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>raijin</span></a></p>
Paysages Mathématiques<p>"Le savoir mathématique ajoute une vigueur virile à l'esprit, le libère des préjugés, de la crédulité et de la superstition." – John Arbuthnot (1667-1735)<br><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/citation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>citation</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/math%C3%A9matiques" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mathématiques</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/maths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>maths</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/math" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>math</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/superstition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>superstition</span></a></p>
Global Museum<p>This 16th-17th century German drinking vessel embodies Renaissance fascination with rare materials, superstition, and intricate craftsmanship. Its bloodstone scorpion amulet symbolises protection from poison, capturing the era’s unique blend of art and belief.</p><p>@V_and_A <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>museums</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/drinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drinking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/superstition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>superstition</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a></p>
LionelB<p>I have seen a jay two days running. The second was sat on the board of a funeral director. If I was a Roman I would be deeply alarmed.</p><p><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/superstition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>superstition</span></a></p>
anubis2814<a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=superstition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>superstition</span></a>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p>I think, in general, a lot a human <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/superstition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>superstition</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/rituals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rituals</span></a>, and basis for <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>religion</span></a> is derived from the movement of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/celestial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>celestial</span></a> bodies.</p><p><a href="https://inaniludibrio.com/2025/04/13/ancient-high-holidays/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inaniludibrio.com/2025/04/13/a</span><span class="invisible">ncient-high-holidays/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/humanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humanism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
AI6YR Ben<p>There's that slipping back into superstition thing happening in real time... <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/superstition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>superstition</span></a></p>
The Skeptic magazine<p>Paging Dr Superstitious: Why Singaporean medics believe steamed buns are bad luck</p><p>Doctors in Asia believing it's bad luck to eat steamed buns during a shift shows that even the medically minded are susceptible to superstition</p><p><a href="https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2025/03/paging-dr-superstitious-why-singaporean-medics-believe-steamed-buns-are-bad-luck/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">skeptic.org.uk/2025/03/paging-</span><span class="invisible">dr-superstitious-why-singaporean-medics-believe-steamed-buns-are-bad-luck/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Superstition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Superstition</span></a></p>
Global Museum<p>Now resting in a tiny box in one of the drawers, this magic fish predates Queen Victoria. Over 200 years old, it has been carefully kept and repaired - which may have skewed the accuracy of its fortune telling...</p><p>Pitt Rivers Museum @Pitt_Rivers <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Magic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Magic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/superstition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>superstition</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/foretunetelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foretunetelling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/christmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>christmas</span></a></p>
Camellia Tea Ceremony<p>One rather odd custom at Shōgatsu-goto Hajime fell to men with the same zodiac animal sign as that current year's.<br>They were responsible for collecting pine branches for New Year decorations (松迎え) from mountains positioned in that year's determined lucky direction.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>folklore</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/superstition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>superstition</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tradition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tradition</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NewYear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewYear</span></a></p>
Gòrdaidh💚<p>Glad tidings to you on Friday 13th...</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>folklore</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/superstition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>superstition</span></a></p>
Nils Wilcke<p>Un premier ministre nommé un vendredi 13? "Ça commence mal, grince un conseiller ministériel, rappelant l'exemple des Romains, qui s'en référait aux augures pour les "jours fastes et néfastes". "En fonction du calendrier et des augures, un consul pouvait suspendre ses affaires et rester chez lui". La politique est aussi une affaire de superstition. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politique" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politique</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Macron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Macron</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Matignon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Matignon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Rome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rome</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Histoire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Histoire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Malchance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Malchance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Superstition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Superstition</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Off" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Off</span></a></p>
AI6YR Ben<p>ABC News now helping out with Carl Sagan's description of our descent back into the dark ages, with this news piece about the "beaver moon"... not from an astronomer, but an ASTROLOGER. 🙄 </p><p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/darkages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>darkages</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/superstition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>superstition</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/astrology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astrology</span></a></p>
AI6YR Ben<p>Ooh, I can feel our community slipping into fear and superstition in real time.</p><p>(Our local community paper offers up a serious article on a "medium" who is "Speaking with the dead" and relaying "hope, healing or living" to an audience of 2,000 -- written factually that said grif..err...sca......err.. "medium" communicated with deceased people). </p><p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/fear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fear</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/superstition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>superstition</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/thenewdarkages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thenewdarkages</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a></p>
mythologyandhistory<p>Did you know that <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> is <a href="https://mas.to/tags/superstitious" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>superstitious</span></a> enough to leave out number #13 from <a href="https://mas.to/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> books?</p><p>Germany codifies its laws for social security in a series of books called "Sozialgesetzbuch" (social code book).</p><p>Book XII (12) on social welfare is followed by Book XIV (14) concerning support for victims of societal damage.</p><p>The latter was established in 2024 &amp; there's no Book 13.</p><p>The skip was decided due to <a href="https://mas.to/tags/victim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>victim</span></a> advocates worrying about bad luck.</p><p>Happy Friday the 13th!</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/superstition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>superstition</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mythology</span></a></p>
AI6YR Ben<p>***I'm not superstitious, but also fixes the "white bike" issue, i.e "ghost bicycles" are painted white, and Chinese and Japanese superstition has white as inauspicious. Frame is cream colored,, but close enough. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_bike" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_bi</span><span class="invisible">ke</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/superstition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>superstition</span></a></p>
C.<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ai6yr</span></a></span> </p><p>I also thought sailors considered it extremely unlucky - cursed, even - to rename a ship. And this one had a previous name, Salute.</p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/superstition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>superstition</span></a></p>
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