News of the Dumb: #93,275
27 Oct
With All Hallow’s Eve just around the corner, it’s as good a time as any to note that lots of Americans believe really stupid things:
Those things that go bump in the night? About one-third of people believe they could be ghosts. And nearly one out of four, 23 percent, say they’ve actually seen a ghost or felt its presence, finds a pre-Halloween poll by The Associated Press and Ipsos.(snip)
About one out of five people, 19 percent, say they accept the existence of spells or witchcraft. Nearly half, 48 percent, believe in extrasensory perception, or ESP.
The poll also notes that, among those who report having previously seen a ghost, self-described liberals outnumber conservatives by a sizable percentage. So much for our smug assumption that only right-wing fundamentalist loons believe in fairy tales with no basis in fact.
Unfortunately, as Invisible Library notes, not even librarians are immune to the silliness.
If you believe what Hillary says and think Kerry had charisma, believing in ghosts and ESP would make complete sense. I think Joe LIEberman is also a ghost, therefor I deny his existence.
PS: The Great Pumpkin is not real.
October 27th, 2007 at 6:10 pmThat poll really bums me out but it explains a lot about why such piss-poor democrats keep getting elected; Americans keep thinking that they see the reincarnation of JFK in every Democrat.
October 28th, 2007 at 4:14 pm