Most of the people who worshipped her, who read every tidbit about her in the gossip press and hung up pictures of her in their rooms, were not social snobs.
Traditions will be formed and the mid-autumn festival would come to be known as a symbol of family reunion where loved ones gather together to share moon cakes, hang up lanterns and admire the full moon in the night sky.
Uncertainty and subjectivity are inevitable, says Mr Silver. People should not get hung up on this, and instead think about the future the way gamblers do, " as speckles of probability" .