Letter: Beyond belief

Published 15 June 2005

From John Wilkinson

Feedback reports that Niels Bohr stated that a lucky horseshoe would work even if you didn’t believe in it (21 May). I’m with Bohr on this one: I don’t believe in tosh. But then, we Virgoans don’t, do we?

Diss, Norfolk, UK

Issue no. 2504 published 18 June 2005

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