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... — but I suspect there would be wars. There would be no superstition — but I suspect there would be nonsense and folly all the same. ...

Article - Massimo Pigliucci - Jan 21 2014 - 12:12pm - 0 attachments

... roster. And sometimes, just like real sports, some superstition is involved. But most fantasy sport players overestimate the ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 15 2014 - 12:27pm - 0 attachments

Knocking on wood is a common superstition in Western culture, mostly used to prevent bad luck after talking ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 1 2013 - 4:32pm - 0 attachments

... but that simply reinforce an expectation and foster a superstition. The problem with this article is that it doesn't actually ...

Blog Post - Gerhard Adam - Aug 4 2013 - 3:54am - 0 attachments

... that people know there is no rational support for the superstition but this knowledge won't alter their intended action. In fact, ... team to win, but can't do anything about it," says Johar. "Superstition is one way that people can feel that they gain control over an ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 22 2013 - 12:30pm - 0 attachments

I have been doing public outreach for science since I originally moved to Tennessee in 1996. It has been a fun ride, and I’m sure it will continue to be that way for many years to come. But two of the first things I learned when debating creationists ...

Article - Massimo Pigliucci - Jun 25 2013 - 4:02pm - 0 attachments

... enlightenment and experiment; a triumph of science over superstition.  It was ‘the way the world was going,’ as Matthew Arnold ...

Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Jun 8 2013 - 4:09am - 0 attachments

... glaciers ... blah blah ... polar bear ... climate change superstition ... there has been no global warming since 1997. ... ... ... ... Martian whirligigs ... All this to satisfy a superstition: if all mankind stopped producing CO2 ... 96.5 per cent would ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - Jun 1 2013 - 8:58pm - 0 attachments

A paper in Journal of Affective Disorders found that belief in God was correlated to improved outcomes for those receiving short-term treatment for psychiatric illness. Dr. David H. Rosmarin, McLean Hospital clinician and instructor in the D ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 25 2013 - 10:36am - 0 attachments

... social involvement was in the fight against religion and superstition, which they regarded as a principal cause of human unhappiness. ... was manifested in their relentless attack on religion and superstition as the primary causes of fear. The Stoics were opposed to slavery ...

Article - Massimo Pigliucci - Feb 17 2013 - 3:30pm - 0 attachments