1488-Somehow, it may bring luck, whether you believe it or not!
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There is popular anecdote about a friend who visited the home of a prominent physicist Neils Bohr, the famous atom scientist and Nobel prize winner. The visitor was surprised to find a horseshoe above the front doorway of the scientist’s abode. Tradition asserts that a horseshoe acts as a talisman of luck when placed over a door.
The visitor asked the physicist about the purpose of the horseshoe while expressing incredulity that a man of science could possibly be influenced by a simple-minded folk belief. The physicist replied slyly:
"Of course I don’t believe in it, but I understand it brings you luck, whether you believe in it or not."
There is popular anecdote about a friend who visited the home of a prominent physicist Neils Bohr, the famous atom scientist and Nobel prize winner. The visitor was surprised to find a horseshoe above the front doorway of the scientist’s abode. Tradition asserts that a horseshoe acts as a talisman of luck when placed over a door.
The visitor asked the physicist about the purpose of the horseshoe while expressing incredulity that a man of science could possibly be influenced by a simple-minded folk belief. The physicist replied slyly:
"Of course I don’t believe in it, but I understand it brings you luck, whether you believe in it or not."
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