• 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.