PRESENTING AN ACADEMIC DISSECTION OF OUR SUPERSTITIONS
Uncertainty is the root cause of worries for mankind, from time immemorial. And so does certainty become the solution for all kinds of worries. To be sure about tomorrow, or the next year, can make all of us happier and content, as long as they are acceptable for our expectations. Even in the contemporary era of rational thinking and logic-based understanding, instances of making money through the exploitation of human curiosity to know their future are common. They range from preparing a horoscope for every newborn child to consulting astrologers before matchmaking to ensure a happy married life, and everything in between. A search towards the origins of this behaviour transcends the boundaries of places and time. What has been described by the sociologist Herbert Spencer as Totemism (the worship of totems as symbolic representations of social groups) may be the root of all kinds of beliefs, which later transformed into a broad spectrum of religions and superstition...