Guest MonkeySee Posted November 22, 2008 Posted November 22, 2008 You will see Spirit Houses throughout Thailand. Thais are very superstitious. Some westerners think Thais are child-like for having these views. On the other hand, I did not think Americans were perceived as superstitious, but I may be wrong. Here is part of an article by Jeremy Taylor, Belief in the supernatural comes from normal, everyday reasoning and perception. According to a recent Newsweek article, researchers are finding that supernatural belief arises from normal mental processes that have been either hijacked or exaggerated by suggestion and the inability to think scientifically. Frequent surveys have shown that 90 percent of Americans believe in some form of the supernatural, from the feeling that you're being watched to conversing with departed loved ones to reincarnation. Perfectly reasonable people -- like California physician Dr. Walter Semkiw, who believes he is the reincarnation of John Adams -- believe in perfectly unreasonable things and science is trying to understand what triggers our supernatural tendencies. You can read more at: http://www.asylum.com/2008/11/04/paranorma...4410x1200852513 Quote
