04/22/2024

…three quarters of Americans hold at least one paranormal belief. Here are some figures from the first decade of our century:

• Possession by the devil, 42 percent
• Extrasensory perception, 41 percent
• Ghosts and spirits, 32 percent
• Astrology, 25 percent
• Witches, 21 percent
• Communicating with the dead, 29 percent
• Reincarnation, 24 percent
• Spiritual energy in mountains, trees, and crystals, 26 percent
• Evil eye, curses, spells, 16 percent
• Consulted a fortune-teller or psychic, 15 percent…

— Steven Pinker, Rationality