Pros And Cons Of Superstitions

They are many scientific terms assigned to this hard-wiring of believes in an individual. Ranging from "The backfire effect" which states that 'When your deepest convictions are challenged by contradictory evidence, your beliefs get stronger. ' to "Cognitive dissonance" i.e having many beliefs and being inconsistent about following a particular thought or attitude. So in a way Science has already figured out why people are Religious - that too with factual proof.

All this can safely justify the behavior of religious person and community, but what about a community with majority of people being Atheist or nonreligious - will they still believe in mythical beliefs which are not rational or which can have no possible consequences. The answer is yes and term is "Superstitions" I will take the example of China with almost 60% of its

This thinking works in the favor of Superstitions. Even if we get a negative result as we look to blame our problems to someone or something. It is easy to put the reason for a bad day to not taking the right step before leaving the house or not eating something sweet. They provide a sense of psychological relief and fill in the gaps which cannot be filled by logical reasons. Many rational thinkers and even brutal denialist of God and myths also believe is some type of superstition. At a personal level it comes down to behavior and attitude followed by the cultural influence, like with religion, some superstitions are passed on with parents or family while some are acquired. Many sportsmen have varied of superstitions or habits which they exercise after every match or big game. Superstitions are proof that humans are flawed at a cognitive level and can be mould easily to go against reasoning. People being superstitious runs parallel to the reason why people are religious - we are an emotional species who wants make sense of everything no matter how reasonable it is and whether it is accurate or not, is not