Comment by m463
3 days ago
I remember reading about superstitious behavior in pigeons.
You feed pigeons randomly, and if they happened to be standing on one foot when they got fed, they will associate that behavior with what happened. So they will stand on one foot while feeding.
In the same way, they economy goes bad, they might blame what they read about the government, or AI, or standing on one foot.
> In the same way, they economy goes bad, they might blame what they read about the government, or AI, or standing on one foot.
Right... but clearly the government has been making some decisions lately that have, in real ways, directly impacted negatively the economy. There's not superstition about that.