Article 35748 2 Ways We're Still Superstitious about Natural Disasters

2 Ways We're Still Superstitious about Natural Disasters

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The central finding is that many people who believe in complex conspiracies and supernatural phenomena also see "patterns" in random data. The authors conclude that "illusory pattern perception is a central cognitive mechanism accounting for conspiracy theories and supernatural beliefs."

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