Magical Thinking

Psychology Today Magazine, Mar/Apr 2008, by Matthew Hutson:

'But that doesn't mean we're good at evaluating sources of contagion. Nemeroff found that people draw the germs of their lovers as less scary-looking than those of enemies, and they say those germs would make them less ill. She also found that undergrads base condom usage on how emotionally safe they feel with a partner more than on objective risk factors for catching STDs.'

This is really true. I had to wash a glass that someone i didn't like much had drunk water from, before i refilled it for myself, but if it had been my friend i wouldn't have bothered washing it.

How odd and irrational.