Episode 266: I Want to Half-Believe
Very Bad Wizards
The Role of Social Scripts in Recycling
"I think superstitions are interesting because I think that we acquire rational beliefs through the same mechanisms," he says. "It's just a matter of like, does the thing happen to whatever be right, like on whatever theory of right? So like, I think that people are quite superstitious about their recycling." He adds: "People get really antsy about doing it the right way and putting the right stuff in".
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