Wednesday, April 15, 2009

The Science of Superstition

By Gilbert Cruz / Time Magazine

Do you believe in god? Do you believe in ghosts? Do you believe you can tell when someone is staring at the back of your head?

Religious or not, Bruce Hood believes that this is all a result the way the brain is designed. In Supersense, he describes how adult superstitions and beliefs in a higher power all comes from our inherent need to find patterns and order in the world.

Hood talked to TIME about superstitions, shared beliefs and why most people would not want to wear Jeffrey Dahmer's cardigan.


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