Superstition Group

Mjung Il, Jackson, Krista, and I are planning on studying the role superstition plays in society; how and why it affects people the way it does. We also would like to find its origination and figure out if and why it has such viability in everyday life. We are planning on measuring its prevalence in everyday life by conducting a survey and/or experimentation.

Are our superstitions origins rooted in our ignorance, our fear, or just plane archaic common sense that we revive.


from oxford online dictionary:

superstition

• noun 1 excessively credulous belief in the supernatural. 2 a widely held but irrational belief in supernatural influences, especially as bringing good or bad luck.

— ORIGIN Latin, from super- ‘over’ + stare ‘to stand’.

This definition is not as important as the word origin...From the Latin 'to stand over'. Our beliefs , in essence, do do that, they stick with us everywhere we go. Looming over us affecting our decisions, we as a group intend to figure out where these beliefs come from.