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4 = True 3 = Probably True 2 = Probably False 1 = False Psychic and/or spiritual healers can impact the health of the human body with their minds. 55% of Americans believe in psychic or spiritual healing or the power of the human mind to heal the body.
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4 = True • 3 = Probably True • 2 = Probably False • 1 = False • Psychic and/or spiritual healers can impact the health of the human body with their minds. • 55% of Americans believe in psychic or spiritual healing or the power of the human mind to heal the body. • --According to a 2005 Gallup Survey as reported in How to Think about Weird Things by Theodore Schick.
4 = True • 3 = Probably True • 2 = Probably False • 1 = False • Some people have ESP (extrasensory perception—the ability to read minds). • 41% of Americans believe in ESP. • --According to a 2005 Gallup Survey as reported in How to Think about Weird Things by Theodore Schick.
4 = True • 3 = Probably True • 2 = Probably False • 1 = False • People on earth are sometimes possessed by the Devil or other demonic spirits. • 42% of Americans say “true.” • --According to a 2005 Gallup Survey as reported in How to Think about Weird Things by Theodore Schick.
4 = True • 3 = Probably True • 2 = Probably False • 1 = False • Extraterrestrial beings have visited Earth at some time in the past. • 24% of Americans say “true.” • --According to a 2005 Gallup Survey as reported in How to Think about Weird Things by Theodore Schick.
4 = True • 3 = Probably True • 2 = Probably False • 1 = False • Ghosts or spirits of dead people can come back to inhabit the earth in certain places and situations. • 31% of Americans say “true.” • --According to a 2005 Gallup Survey as reported in How to Think about Weird Things by Theodore Schick.
4 = True • 3 = Probably True • 2 = Probably False • 1 = False • Some people are clairvoyant—that is, they have the mental ability to predict the future. • 26% of Americans say “true.” • --According to a 2005 Gallup Survey as reported in How to Think about Weird Things by Theodore Schick.
4 = True • 3 = Probably True • 2 = Probably False • 1 = False • Some people have the ability to communicate mentally with or hear from someone who has died. • 21% of Americans say “true.” • --According to a 2005 Gallup Survey as reported in How to Think about Weird Things by Theodore Schick.
4 = True • 3 = Probably True • 2 = Probably False • 1 = False • The biblical story of the flood and Noah’s Ark is literally true. • 43% of 190 surveyed high school biology and life science teachers say “true” or “probably true.” • --According to a by sociologist Ray Eve and anthropologist Dana Dunn at U of Texas and as reported in How to Think about Weird Things by Theodore Schick.
4 = True • 3 = Probably True • 2 = Probably False • 1 = False • Dinosaurs and humans inhabited Earth at the same time. • 19% of 190 surveyed high school biology and life science teachers say “true” or “probably true.” • --According to a by sociologist Ray Eve and anthropologist Dana Dunn at U of Texas and as reported in How to Think about Weird Things by Theodore Schick.