Well, it is extremely unlikely to actually help, but it’s not like it will hurt either, and it doesn’t cost anything, so why not? Even if it’s just the literary analog of knocking on wood or whatever, what’s wrong with that? At least, unlike literally knocking on wood, this does have at least a notional action mechanism...
(well, I guess knocking on wood must have had a notional action mechanism at first, but I can’t be bothered to look that up)
Well, it is extremely unlikely to actually help, but it’s not like it will hurt either, and it doesn’t cost anything, so why not? Even if it’s just the literary analog of knocking on wood or whatever, what’s wrong with that? At least, unlike literally knocking on wood, this does have at least a notional action mechanism...
(well, I guess knocking on wood must have had a notional action mechanism at first, but I can’t be bothered to look that up)