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tilthat:

TIL that B.F. Skinner, a famous psychologist, instilled superstitions in pigeons by giving them food in a cage at set time intervals. The pigeons responded by forming rituals, which they believed brought them the food, such as bobbing their heads or turning counter-clockwise.

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Pigeons be forming intricate rituals

You form intricate rituals to touch the food inside the cage

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