Funny how something like a lucky rabbit's foot, or a similar cherished object that is perceived to bring good luck is expressed in terms of probability - or the obscure and inaccessible workings of some objective process that determines various outcomes - when it is really a powerful emotional bond that brings about a state of mind, however fleeting that state of mind is.
Similarly, people engage in these sort of informal prohibitions of taboo "jinx language," such as refusing to talk about the weather or car traffic out of fear of influencing it, without acknowledging the fact that the states of fear and doubts themselves are really the core things being avoided, which can have powerful effects on one's immediate life if entered into and sustained.
