Belief in Magic Is Not Disappearing in The Modern World, Study Shows
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NEW US research finds that trust in science does not rule out belief in magic. Among believers who rely on reason rather than the church, belief in ghosts and curses is even stronger.
Can belief in science coexist with ghosts and curses? A new sociological study explains why modern rationality does not exorcise the supernatural, but gives it new space. One would expect that in an era of absolute technological and scientific progress, belief in the supernatural would have been definitively consigned to the dustbin of history. […]
A study carried out in the US showed that people who keep in touch with religion, but also support science and rational thinking, without subjecting themselves to religious authority, tend to believe more in magical phenomena, such as ghosts and curses. Researchers wanted to understand what happens to beliefs in the supernatural as institutions [...]
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