Non-Reflective Thinkers Are Predisposed to Attribute Supernatural Causation to Uncanny Experiences

For unknown reasons, individuals who are confident in their intuitions are more likely to hold supernatural beliefs. How does an intuitive cognitive style lead one to believe in faith healing, astrology, or extrasensory perception (ESP)? We hypothesize that cognitive style is critically important after one experiences an uncanny event that seems to invite a supernatural explanation.

While it is true that non-reflective thinkers may be more likely to believe in miracles, ESP, and psychics, that does not mean such things to not exist, it just means current science thinking has no ability to understand them. This material is included here as a perspective of how mainstream science thinking prefers to deny what they can’t explain rather than update their perspective.