re: #84 Gus

I was reading some description of a new movie to be released later this year called “The Possession”. Part of which included “based on a true story” and “based on actual event.” Needless to say my eyes rolled to the back of my head upon reading that. It’s unbelievable how superstitious people remain in the 21st century. When Hollywood promotes this type of fiction as “based on a true story” it only perpetuates a mythology that only hampers the advancement of human civilization.

In my pessimistic view, superstition is the eigenstate of humanity, from which logical thought is a mere perturbation. In other words, old habits die hard, and probably always will.