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Lack of Control Breeds Superstition

By Neal Colgrass,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 5, 2008 10:35 AM CDT

(Newser) – Superstitions and conspiracy theories all boil down to control issues, a new study says. When subjects in a University of Texas test were made to feel out of control, they saw more patterns that did not exist—whether images in a fuzzy picture or links...   Read full story »

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