所谓迷信,指的是相信未经科学证实的事物或事件之间的因果关系。早在70年代,美国心理学家斯金纳(B.F.Skinner)对鸽子做过一系列实验,观察到鸽子的“迷信”行为。他把鸽子关在一个笼子里,并在笼子里放了一小小的装置,这个装置隔一段时间就会释放出一粒食物。鸽子漫无目的地在笼子里踱步、啄食、挠痒、跳跃、或者自言自语, The so-called superstition refers to the causal relationship between believing in unscientific things or events. As early as the 1970s, American psychologist B.F. Skinner conducted a series of experiments on pigeons and observed the pigeon’s “superstitious” behavior. He kept the pigeon in a cage and placed a small device in the cage that released a food at intervals. Pigeons aimlessly paced in the cage, pecking, tickling, jumping, or talking to themselves,