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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mikeash • Mar 2, 2018 • View on HN

People believe all sorts of inconceivable things.

andrepd • Dec 21, 2021 • View on HN

Supernatural explanations and superstitions are not very useful to understand the world.

Smoosh • Nov 15, 2024 • View on HN

Some people can’t let go of their “Demon Haunted World”https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Demon-Haunted_World?wprov=...

therealdrag0 • Apr 12, 2021 • View on HN

All plausible except "more people believe in magic" IMO. Superstition seems to have a long and universal history.

imgabe • Aug 25, 2023 • View on HN

People believe all sorts of crazy things.

dboreham • Feb 15, 2022 • View on HN

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.

lazyasciiart • Dec 17, 2019 • View on HN

Plenty of people believe in things that don't exist.

begueradj • Nov 16, 2024 • View on HN

Far from being convinced. It sounds like superstition.

BugsJustFindMe • Jan 2, 2017 • View on HN

Reasonable reasons unrelated to superstition? Name one?

nkrisc • Oct 20, 2016 • View on HN

People believe all sorts of irrational and outlandish things without a shred of proof, or even with proof to the contrary.