Supernatural Skepticism
Comments debate the prevalence of superstition, magical thinking, and supernatural beliefs, often dismissing them in favor of rational, scientific explanations for unexplained phenomena.
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People believe all sorts of inconceivable things.
Supernatural explanations and superstitions are not very useful to understand the world.
Some people can’t let go of their “Demon Haunted World”https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Demon-Haunted_World?wprov=...
All plausible except "more people believe in magic" IMO. Superstition seems to have a long and universal history.
People believe all sorts of crazy things.
I find it odd that nobody seems to mention the similarities between all this and religion. Widespread belief in things that can't possibly be true. Adherents can't be persuaded otherwise despite incontrovertible evidence. Sounds familiar? Perhaps it's baked into the firmware.
Plenty of people believe in things that don't exist.
Far from being convinced. It sounds like superstition.
Reasonable reasons unrelated to superstition? Name one?
People believe all sorts of irrational and outlandish things without a shred of proof, or even with proof to the contrary.