i'm a rational guy, but sometimes i feel like it would be convenient to believe in some irrational things.
For example, there's this thing that happens to me. When I start using a new piece of hardware or software, you can pretty much guarntee that things will go wrong for me that don't go wrong for anyone else.
Reincarnation would provide a great explanation for this. Say, for exmple, I was a member of the British Admiralty's research funding committee in a previous life. And suppose that I was the guy who cast the deciding vote to cancel funding for the Analytical Engine....
For example, there's this thing that happens to me. When I start using a new piece of hardware or software, you can pretty much guarntee that things will go wrong for me that don't go wrong for anyone else.
Reincarnation would provide a great explanation for this. Say, for exmple, I was a member of the British Admiralty's research funding committee in a previous life. And suppose that I was the guy who cast the deciding vote to cancel funding for the Analytical Engine....