“71-hour Ahmed was not superstitious. He was substitious, which put him in a minority among humans. He didn’t believe in the things everyone believed in but which nevertheless weren’t true. He believed instead in the things that were true in which no one else believed. There are many such substitions, ranging from ‘It’ll get better if you don’t pick at it’ all the way up to ’Sometimes things just happen.”—Terry Pratchett, Jingo
“71-hour Ahmed was not superstitious. He was substitious, which put him in a minority among humans. He didn’t believe in the things everyone believed in but which nevertheless weren’t true. He believed instead in the things that were true in which no one else believed. There are many such substitions, ranging from ‘It’ll get better if you don’t pick at it’ all the way up to ’Sometimes things just happen.”—Terry Pratchett, Jingo
Any ideas for other substitions along the same lines? I came up with these:
Your first impressions of people are frequently wrong.
You should buy low and sell high, instead of the opposite.
Random things are random, even when the same number comes up three times in a row.