Superstitious Pigeons
How humans find meaning when they can’t find the answers.
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7 min readJul 30, 2021
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The 14th century. Times are tough — the Hundred Years’ War is raging, newly freed peasants are trying to find a place in society, and a plague is afoot. The Black Death has already killed a third of the population in some parts of Europe, and no one really knows what is going on.