Science with superstitions

Answer 1

Lots of superstitions are based on observations, which are scientific data. For example:

Pele, the volcano god of Hawaii, was based on the observation that volcanoes could do major damage. So there must be a god there.

The ocean can cause major damage along the coasts. Clearly there is a god involved.

The point is this. While the observations are scientifically valid, the conclusions based on them are not.

Answer 2

Superstitious belief, by definition, have no scientific basis. Science requires that ideas are tested in a way that is repeatable and falsifiable. Falsifiable means that there must be a way that the test shows that a stated belief is not true, while most superstitions rely on metaphysical entities or powers that are so vague they can not be dis-proven.

Here are some examples of superstitions, and where they may have come from.

• Breaking a mirror is seen as seven years of bad luck from a historical root.
  • Back in the medieval times mirrors were very expensive. And if you broke one, it was reguarly someone important, such as the lord of the kingdom of the king or a high-ranking nobleman. And if you broke it, it was common that if they were un-forgiving, they would put you in jail, possibly for seven years.
• Walking under a ladder is seen as bad luck
  • Typically a ladder means someone at the top of the ladder and that person can easily drop things - onto your head. So it really is a bad idea to walk under one.

• Never sweep the floor at night or you'll sweep sorrow into your life.
  • You may not be able to see where you're sweeping and fall and get injured.
• Chase away any owls outside your window; they are a harbinger of death.
  • They may erode your windowsill by pecking on it, and when you lean on it, it may break and you may fall.
• Never start or buy anything on a Friday.
  • Since Friday is the last business day, you or your order will probably not be active on the weekend.
• Cut your hair on a full moon and it will grow back faster.
  • Well, if you cut your hair at a barber's shop, and you can see the moon, the barber will probably bee in a hurry to leave and so will give you a shorter haircut.
• Crickets in your home are good luck (not in my home and definitely not for the nasty crickets!)
  • They tell the temperature.
• Killing a spider is bad luck.
  • In addition to reducing local disease-carrying insects, Spiders provide humans with other medical benefits. Spider venom is used in neurological research and may prevent permanent brain damage in stroke victims. The silk produced by spiders is used in many optical devices including laboratory instruments.
• Ivy growing on a house protects the inhabitants from witchcraft and evil.
  • Evil may mistake it for poison ivy and stay away.

• Friday the 13th is unlucky
  • The Templars were all arrested (and most were tortured and executed) one Friday the 13th!
• Actors believe that using real money as a prop is bad luck.
  • This is probably rooted in the fact that leaving real money on stage or in your costume means that there is a good chance that the prop will disappear before the next performance.
• Opening an umbrella in the house is bad luck.
  • Like walking under a ladder, this is just a hazard; you could hit someone or break something.
• Bad luck comes in threes.
  • This is sometimes expressed in notable deaths occurring in threes. In fact, this is a well-known psychological bias known as "confirmation effect"; when two events occur, people naturally anticipate a third (two things don't form a pattern, but three do). When the expectation is satisfied, it "proves" the adage. Of course, if it is not, then the pattern is not recognized.

Answer 3

A lot of people always look for lucky stars, lucky planets, lucky numbers – all kinds of stuff. In this process of looking and waiting for things to happen, things they could have easily created for themselves are completely lost. With every aspect of life, it is you who has to make it happen. Your peace and your turmoil is your business. Your joy and misery is your business. The devil and the god within you is your business. When you live by chance, you also live in fear and anxiety. When you live by intent and capability, it does not matter what is happening or not happening – at least you are in control of what is happening to you. It is a more stable life.

Answer 4

There are many superstitions that go against science.

The 2 most common examples are:

1)the eclipse

superstition: the devil swallows the sun and vomits it back due to indigestion!

theory: the moon comes in between the sun and the earth and blocks it from sight.

2)lightning

superstition : wrath of the sky god

wrath of

Zeus in Greek mythology

Indra in Hindu mythology

Mut in Egyptian mythology

Curse of spirits in Zulu mythology!

theory: Lightning is a discharge of a large electrostatic charge that builds up on clouds near the surface of the earth during atmospheric disturbances such a thunderstorms

Answer 5

The only superstitions about science/scientists come from Christianity:

1) Since man's first sin was eating of the "Tree of Knowledge", anything that comes from Science (or knowledge) must be invented by the Devil.

-This one might be true. Neat.

2) Science is working to establish an atheistic New World Order set on destroying Jesus and raising the Antichrist.

-Science is trying to make a world where people no longer need to starve or suffer. If that's what the Antichrist wants, he may not be so bad after all.

3) Science is a religion

-Science relies on observation and repetitive testing/experimentation to determine "truths". It is not a religion because it does not focus on the idea of a God, and is subject to validation, testing and peer review. In addition, where as religion is unalterable (because God is infallible) no matter what, science changes constantly as new evidence is discovered.

4) Science hates God.

-Science doesn't care.

Answer 6

Washing your hands before eating was a religious belief. Chewing on willow bark eased headaches (aspirin came from that). Apple a day provided necessary vitamins. Eating limes prevented scurvy (vitamin C)

Answer 7

Lots of superstitions are based on observations, which are scientific data. For example:

Pele, the volcano god of Hawaii, was based on the observation that volcanoes could do major damage. So there must be a god there.

The ocean can cause major damage along the coasts. Clearly there is a god involved.

The point is this. While the observations are scientifically valid, the conclusions based on them are not.

Answer 8

come India you will see many supersticious people

and the rumors also have scientific reason!!

Answer 9

Superstitious beliefs that is not a tale or a story with real examples based on scientific evidence.

-John

Answer 10

If there is a scientific explanation for a phenomenon then it is no longer a superstition.