[Avodah] Segulot thoughts?

[Joel Rich]

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/23780231221084775

Abstract
The authors analyze the 2020-2021 Chapman University Survey of American
Fears (n = 1,035), the most recent nationally representative survey to
examine fears of and beliefs about supernatural and paranormal phenomena,
including ghosts, hauntings, zombies, psychics, telekinesis, Bigfoot
or Sasquatch, Atlantis, and extraterrestrial visitation. This research
examines how supernatural beliefs vary by race/ethnicity, gender, and
education after adjustment for other demographic characteristics and
religiosity. There were five gender differences, such that women were
more likely than men to believe in or fear all nonmaterial or spiritual
supernatural phenomena, as well as Atlantis. People with a bachelor's
degree or higher were less likely to believe in extraterrestrial
visitation, hauntings, Bigfoot or Sasquatch, and Atlantis. There were also
six beliefs and fears for which racial/ethnic differences emerged. The
results highlight how gender, education, and race/ethnicity are strongly
related to complex belief systems, including supernatural phenomena.

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Joel Rich