I believe that superstitions are, for the most part, a method of man to control the uncontrollable parts of life. In relativity to humans, animals act on mostly impulses. Animals seem to be doing just fine without the concept of time, reality, religion, superstitions, currency, and advancement beyond ourselves. A “superstition” that I have relates to pole vaulting. I think it is more of a habit, or compulsive attempt at manipulate variables such as luck. Whenever I switch a hand grip, or switch to a new pole, I must freshly chalk my hands. If I do not follow through with this ritual, my jump may suffer. Though, my jumps do not seem to be affected when I forget, or chose not to re-apply chalk to my hands. “knocking on wood” is a superstition that individuals follow today. If one says that something negative is going to happen, another person, if present, may say “knock on wood” and proceed to knock on the nearest piece of wood. This is supposed to prevent the unwanted outcome from coming
I believe that superstitions are, for the most part, a method of man to control the uncontrollable parts of life. In relativity to humans, animals act on mostly impulses. Animals seem to be doing just fine without the concept of time, reality, religion, superstitions, currency, and advancement beyond ourselves. A “superstition” that I have relates to pole vaulting. I think it is more of a habit, or compulsive attempt at manipulate variables such as luck. Whenever I switch a hand grip, or switch to a new pole, I must freshly chalk my hands. If I do not follow through with this ritual, my jump may suffer. Though, my jumps do not seem to be affected when I forget, or chose not to re-apply chalk to my hands. “knocking on wood” is a superstition that individuals follow today. If one says that something negative is going to happen, another person, if present, may say “knock on wood” and proceed to knock on the nearest piece of wood. This is supposed to prevent the unwanted outcome from coming