Cinder on Twitter: "@ShibumiKiDo @chagmed Yes, and you sometimes perform divinations for situations, not for choices. It doesn't have to be "correct", if it gives you what you need. I find it changes the way I think/feel, clarifies things. Good luck testing the experimental veracity of "I feel more ready to choose."" / Twitter

Dec 15, 2018

Many Himalayans, including each of my teachers — all very high lamas — have relied on divinations of various kinds. There appears to be a very reasonable explanation RE why they appear to work.

Quote Tweet

Stefan Schubert

@StefanFSchubert

Dec 1, 2018

Some superstitious divination rituals may have spread because they functioned as adaptive randomization devices in contexts where people otherwise would have used decision procedures worse than chance. From Henrich, "The Secret of Our Success".

This Tweet is from a suspended account. Learn more

Replying to

and

Yes, and you sometimes perform divinations for situations, not for choices. It doesn't have to be "correct", if it gives you what you need. I find it changes the way I think/feel, clarifies things. Good luck testing the experimental veracity of "I feel more ready to choose."

9:39 PM · Dec 15, 2018Twitter Web App

Likes

Conversation