1. Beautiful mermaid, but smells like fish.
2. Silky smooth werewolf = expensive Brazilian waxing!
3. Impaled by unicorn. Should have believed…
4. Angels caught in tornado. Dizzy angels…
5. Sad Leprechauns… No gold, just Interact!
6. Ghosts fuzzy near cellphone towers. Progress?
7. Sea monsters scared… Now an aphrodisiac.
8. Vampires ashamed. They saw Twilight too!

1. Base jumping. Very windy day. Ahhhhhhhh!
2. Clown costume. Scared children. Fly open.
3. Bear attack. Friend filming. Youtube upload!
4. Huge headache. Guillotine. No more headache!
5. Born. Live. Die. Repeat. Thanks reincarnation!
6. Jumping canyon in car. Miscalculated distance…
7. Joining cult. Noticing guns. Geting out!
8. Teleportator miscalibrated. Now part of wall…
9. Sad clown. Cheap prostitute. Happy clown!
10. Food fight stopped. No pumpkins allowed!

What is your relation with knowledge?

Do you think of knowledge as an external entity limited to schools? If so, does it make you uncomfortable because it changes your mental map of the world and reality?

Do you crave knowledge? Do you consider it a way to expand your reality?

Are you frustrated when you study a field and discover that the amount of information on the topic is far greater than what you initially estimated? Does it frustrate you to never have a complete grasp of a field, even less of reality?

Do you have the impression that the more you learn, the more you notice vast hidden rooms you never thought existed in your mental representation of reality?

Where do humans come from?

How did the universe begin?

If the Earth of really round, how come Chinese people don’t fall off, eh? Stomped now right?

When we don’t have a full explanation, when we don’t understand the detailed complex explanation given, or when we don’t even bother doing a basic research, the easiest thing to do is to point to magic.

Magic is a truly wonderful tool to explain complex concepts with no efforts. It doesn’t require previous knowledge or experimentation; you don’t even have to open a single book! It is easier to invoke magic than to listen to arguments, understand the underlying principles or look at the evidence. You can also substitute the word “magic” for “God” if you are evangelical.

You think your initial physical traits and your behavioral patterns come from genetics and your environments. You think you can use free will to steer your life? Wrong!

So many forces are acting on your life without your control.  You are simply a bobbing pawn in an ocean of external forces.

The following forces have an influence on your character, your level of luck, your whole structure as a human being as well as any event that happens or doesn’t happen to you:

• the day and year you were born
• the planets and constellations alignment at the time
• the combined daily horoscope from all newspaper and websites
• the chain letter email you do or don’t forward
• any curse or blessings people give you. Those include voodoo dolls, charms, spells, incantations and potions.
• the evil eye you receive
• an ladder you step under, any black cats you cross, anything with the number 13, any mirrors you break, any salt you pour over your shoulder to counter an evil force
• the will and plan of any gods past or present
• whether you touch wood or not when you notice you are lucky
• any good luck charm you wear
• the energy in a particular location
• the will of any invisible creature, such as ghost, angel, fairy, etc.
• the telluric currents (underground low-level electrical grid) that happen to cross your house, mostly your bed
• any actions you did or habit you had in one of your numerous past lives

Do you think that not believing in those eternal forces is enough to cut the invisible ties and make you master of your destiny?

1. Zombies on fire. Get your marshmallows!
2. Parachute broken. Ground coming fast. Splat!
3. Cloning works fine now… Closet full!
4. Cannibal neighbor. Dinner invitation. Great meal!
5. Inflatable girlfriend. Should not buy cactus.
6. Tiny barking dog. Big scary shoes.
7. Jetpack malfunction. Looking down. Oh no!
8. Mission to Mars. Forgot my pills.
9. Writing memoirs. Great time for amnesia…
10. Alien abduction true. Colon still hurting.