"For example, a prehistoric human might associate rustling grass with the approach of a predator and hide."
this is because of memory. i have no memory of ghosts appearing when it's dark, and i doubt my ancestors did either. maybe when i was a kid i saw the shadow of a coat at the end of the hall and my impressionable mind thought it was a tall looming figure, and enough of this has made me associate the experience and expectation with darkness and that's why my hair stands up when it's pitch. how does this association imply superstition in any way? it doesn't.
thinking a rabbit's foot gives you good luck; that's a superstition.
being afraid of the dark? or expecting something to happen because the sound of rustling grass catching your attention? nah
Any chance this new discovery will lead to the engineering of a symbiotic "virus", as in, an organism that lives within us and helps us out? If so our long-standing fight against microorganisms may turn into a friendship afterall.
Fighting fire with fire, an anti-HIV would make a lot of people happy.
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they didnt create enough artificial demand. then at least it would have been a profitable failure!
"For example, a prehistoric human might associate rustling grass with the approach of a predator and hide." this is because of memory. i have no memory of ghosts appearing when it's dark, and i doubt my ancestors did either. maybe when i was a kid i saw the shadow of a coat at the end of the hall and my impressionable mind thought it was a tall looming figure, and enough of this has made me associate the experience and expectation with darkness and that's why my hair stands up when it's pitch. how does this association imply superstition in any way? it doesn't. thinking a rabbit's foot gives you good luck; that's a superstition. being afraid of the dark? or expecting something to happen because the sound of rustling grass catching your attention? nah
i heard it increases your penis size.
Any chance this new discovery will lead to the engineering of a symbiotic "virus", as in, an organism that lives within us and helps us out? If so our long-standing fight against microorganisms may turn into a friendship afterall. Fighting fire with fire, an anti-HIV would make a lot of people happy.
I'm happy.
well, i saw what you did there