mawibse Posted February 1, 2006 Report Posted February 1, 2006 Higher education means more likely to believe in ghosts and other paranormal activities a recent study shows: http://www.livescience.com/othernews/06 ... _poll.html
Kosmo Posted February 1, 2006 Report Posted February 1, 2006 I would love to see how those questions were worded. "Do you rather believe in ghosts or that George W. Bush is god?"
DaanO Posted February 1, 2006 Report Posted February 1, 2006 I can imagine that educated people are more likely to say that there's no way they can be sure about it and that the lesser educated people just say 'no bullshit' to questions.
Kosmo Posted February 1, 2006 Report Posted February 1, 2006 Yeah, well I can believe that they might have an open mind on some questions (like if there is life outerspace and such) but paranormal? Examples of the questions: "houses can be haunted" "people on this Earth are sometimes possessed by the devil" "Witches" "people can hear from or communicate mentally with someone who has died" I really don't see how one could believe those even remotely true.
DaanO Posted February 1, 2006 Report Posted February 1, 2006 I agree. But my point was, that higher educated people will be more careful in their answers. Personally i wouldn't dismiss some of those right away, simply because there are ways in which those *can* be true, even though it's unlikely.
mawibse Posted February 1, 2006 Author Report Posted February 1, 2006 What ways are you talking about???
TomWithTheWeather Posted February 1, 2006 Report Posted February 1, 2006 There are ways they might be true, but probably not the ways in which they are generally thought to be true. Witches, hauntings, possession, and communication beyond the grave can probably be logically explained. Shoot, most of the time witches were usually people who just poisoned or terrorised others. For a nice psychological scare, they'd say it was magic or the devil. Most hauntings can be explained scientifically. Usually something structurally odd about the house. Possession could be a state of mind or something like a seizure. Communication with the dead? Who knows; could be someone trying to make a buck or two like Ms Cleo. Now, I'm not trying to prove these things. This is me just speculating off the top of my head.
Kosmo Posted February 1, 2006 Report Posted February 1, 2006 But the difference being that, what is thought to be something, and what is actually honest to god something.
RD Posted February 1, 2006 Report Posted February 1, 2006 You know what this means right? If you think houses cant be haunted, youre not one of the brightest
The Postman Posted February 1, 2006 Report Posted February 1, 2006 I'd really like to see this poll, because I'm calling bullshit. The wonderful thing about polls is that they can be skewed so damned easily with poorly worded questions.
hazardous! Posted February 3, 2006 Report Posted February 3, 2006 This study claims almost the perfect opposite of what I experience every day. Less well educated people tend to believe in such thing much more often, whereas people with a higher education often have the heart to doubt. To my mind, believing in such things proves, that the person is looking for simple solutions and answers instead of making the effort of looking a little closer. The wonderful thing about polls is that they can be skewed so damned easily with poorly worded questions. Agreed. Also you should always have doubts about anything that someone tells you. No matter if it's called scientific research, tradition or experience. There's nothing to prevent someone from 'making up' a scientific report.
Skjalg Posted February 3, 2006 Report Posted February 3, 2006 I would love to see how those questions were worded. "Do you rather believe in ghosts or that George W. Bush is god?" LOLOLOL You know what this means right? If you think houses cant be haunted, youre not one of the brightest LOLOLOLOL :D
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