Wherever I go I seem to find myself one creationist to have arguments with; in secondary there was Rosie, in sixth form Michael and now at uni there’s Mark. Only ever one at a time though…

I find it very strange that otherwise rational-seeming people are swayed to believing in superstition and magic, but I guess it’s a particularly potent meme or something.

Edit: I say “swayed”... I suppose in a lot of cases it’s that they’ve not swayed away from it. Makes a difference.