How does Block explain the predominance of superstition amongst the defendants in “Block, the Corn Merchant – The Dismissal of the Lawyer”?

Block tells K., “You must remember that in these proceedings lots of things keep cropping up which are beyond our understanding, we’re simply too tired and distracted for many things, so to make up for it we turn to superstition. I’m talking about the others, but I’m no better myself.”