00:00Have you always wondered why we cross our fingers for luck?
00:03Well, early cultures, including early Christians,
00:06believed in the cross as a symbol of protection.
00:09But they discovered a more convenient solution.
00:12Need some luck but tired of hauling around your big wooden cross?
00:16Well, worry no more.
00:18Now introducing The Cross To Go.
00:21So crossing your fingers became a little pocket-sized app
00:24to try and alter the direction of the universe.
00:27Along the way, a new feature was added.
00:29Crossing those same fingers behind your back
00:32became a way to tell a fib, but with no consequences.
00:35Did you break the lamb?
00:37No.
00:38Did you remember to feed the dog?
00:40Eh, absolutely.
00:42So why exactly do we think crossing our fingers
00:45can actually influence an outcome?
00:47Psychologists call it an illusion of control.
00:51You pretend the cosmos is too dumb to notice your knuckle pretzel.
00:56Always wondered.
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