{"id":133,"date":"2005-10-28T01:13:09","date_gmt":"2005-10-27T23:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dionaea.com\/blog\/?p=133"},"modified":"2005-10-28T01:30:58","modified_gmt":"2005-10-27T23:30:58","slug":"why-do-people-believe-in-fortune-tellers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dionaea.com\/blog\/archives\/2005\/10\/28\/why-do-people-believe-in-fortune-tellers\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do people believe in fortune tellers?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"postlimage\" src=\"\/gfx\/crystalball.png\"\/>Looking through my log certainly can be interesting. I get some nice overview of what people are searching for when they arrive at my pages, which again can prompt me to look a bit deeper into stuff, maybe to make things I&#8217;ve written clearer, add something to old pages, or write something completely new.<\/p>\n<p>Now, I just found that someone found my pages by searching for the phrase that makes up the title of this post &#8211; why do people believe in fortune tellers? What he\/she found was not the answer to that question, but three methods to tell the future yourself&#8230;<br \/>\n<!--evermore--><\/p>\n<p>Am I able to answer the question if someone comes searching for it again? Well &#8211; not really. Personally I find the topic interesting, even fascinating, and also fun. I wouldn&#8217;t mind having my own fortune told in various ways, but I must admit, I remain highly sceptical of it. For the sake of this article, I did use my <a href=\"https:\/\/dionaea.com\/fun\/numerologikalkulator.php\">numerology calculator<\/a> to ask &#8220;Does fortune telling work?&#8221; and got a highly positive answer, but&#8230; You do need to believe that it works to believe the answer \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>But &#8211; why <strong>do<\/strong> people believe in fortune telling? Is it because it can give them answers science can&#8217;t? Because of a belief that there <strong>must<\/strong> be something more than just what science <strong>can<\/strong> tell us about life? Maybe some want to believe just because they think they can use it to control their own future? Or the opposite, that it doesn&#8217;t matter what they do because all is destined?<\/p>\n<p>One think I&#8217;m sure of, is that if I&#8217;m lucky and people answer here why they believe, there will be different answers &#8211; not just one, common reason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking through my log certainly can be interesting. I get some nice overview of what people are searching for when they arrive at my pages, which again can prompt me to look a bit deeper into stuff, maybe to make things I&#8217;ve written clearer, add something to old pages, or write something completely new. 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