Monday, November 17, 2008

ghost in the science

Contemporary North America still exhibit magical thinking through their belief in horoscopes, ghosts, spirits,miracles and other superstitions. Magical thinking coincides with religion and science; without magical thinking there would be no science because there would be no unexplained events to try and disprove. I think many other cultures rely a lot more on magical thinking than North American culture because science isn't necessarily as dominant as religion and other beliefs. magical thinking, as well as religion, helps people make sense of the unknown but when science comes into the picture and starts explaining events or unknown things with logic, it tends to take away from the magical thinking. I'm not a religious person, but i do believe in ghosts and spirits and i have to admit I love reading my horoscope, although I don't really believe all of it is true, its still fun to play into it. magical thinking makes life more interesting and adds excitement; logic isn't always the best thing.I think the supernatural or ghosts and other things like horoscopes will continue in the future but eventually science will begin to erase other magical thinking and even religion.

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