We find people in this day and age are generally
less superstitious.
Or maybe brains trump beliefs: In 1974, researchers in the state of Georgia found smart high school students were
less superstitious than those of average intelligence.
Every generation is
less superstitious than the previous, and increasingly so.
Not exact matches
For the sceptic the answer is simple —
less educated people are more likely to believe in
superstitious nonsense.
It seems to them, no
less than to scientific thinkers, to be magical and
superstitious.
Not only has daily life been transformed by science — for example, we no longer look to the realm of the sacred for a framework to organize our lives — even Western religion itself has become more rational,
less «
superstitious.»