[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

Statement: "Superstitions arise as the result of the spurious identification of patterns. Even pigeons are superstitious. In an experiment where food is delivered randomly, pigeons will note what they were doing when the pellet arrived, such as twirling to the left and then pecking a button, and perform the maneuver over and over until the next pellet arrives. A pigeon rain dance."

Response: It is(or was) called "operant conditioning." It works for some behaviors but fails to work if a person knows it is being tried on him.

[Vince Ferrer]

In an experiment where food is delivered randomly, pigeons will note what they were doing when the pellet arrived, such as twirling to the left and then pecking a button, and perform the maneuver over and over until the next pellet arrives. A pigeon rain dance.

They at least understand the existence of cause and effect then.

[SaraJohnson]

I often wonder why atheists are so loud and proud of being totally unaware of their spirit and it’s nature. How can one live in a human body and deny their own spirit?

Anyway, each to his own, but I would not want to be doing that to myself.