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People Who Lack Control Are More Likely To Be Superstitious

July 8, 2012 by

During the 2010 soccer World Cup, Paul the Octopus became a worldwide superstar for correctly "predicting" the winner of all games in the competition. Queensland University researchers have found that people who felt a lack of control in their lives were more likely to believe in the claimed "psychic abilities" of the famous octopus...

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