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A Boring Dystopia

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She was released more than 12 hours later.

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

Yeah wtf has her God got to do with freeing her lol

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

I'm not religious and I don't agree with the train of thought but I would think it's probably something akin to "god sent these people to help me"

[–] throwawayacc0430 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

That's evolution for ya.

Even some non-human animals can develop superstituous beliefs.

Edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operant_conditioning_chamber

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

You got my attention, now I'm curious. What animals do that?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

B.F. Skinner had a paper called "'Superstition' in the Pigeon". This page gives a summary.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Awesome, thank you for the read.