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Supersitions rise in war time

Skeptics & Atheists

The first British survey of superstition was launched yesterday to discover whether anxiety about global terrorism and the possibility of war in Iraq are making people more likely to cross their fingers and touch wood.

Giora Keinan of Tel Aviv University found that superstitious beliefs increased with danger of missle attack