Paranormal Survivalist
The belief of paranormalities has been a big topic in today's society which many researches have tested people in order to comprehend how humans have grown false beliefs of paranormal events throughout time.
In order to understand things out of the ordinary, the brain seeks patterns to identify possible threats consistent with our brains. As stated by Charles Darwin in survival of the fittest, organisms which best adapted to a particular condition, where more successful to survive due to their intellectual capacities to learn. James E. Hallock, Professor of Psychology, Glendon College, York University ,Toronto, explains in The Belief Engine that, due to our brains function to detect danger we are unable to properly …show more content…
While survival is essential, the use of the data provided by the brain causes us to make a belief of multiple things and classify them as supernatural. Logical information is found throughout. Richard Wiseman in Weird For Weird, Scientific American Mind; he states that, the fact that we see patterns where they are non-existent becomes a side effect of human reason. Faces are vital to our survival and with that said, we are still in the process of understanding the complete functions of our brains. He also mentions that, researchers have shown of two different hemispheres in our brains which are vital to …show more content…
others such as Robson argue that the reason why belief in paranormal is so intense it's caused by how our brain doesn't process the information properly. Justifications made by both parties clash with their point of view on how a supernatural belief is developed. In The Believing engine Allock actually mentions of the environmental feedback based upon the surrounding of an individual and how that affects their beliefs. Moreover, Allock mentions the emotional and yearning units which also affect our beliefs into wanting to believe in something that is not present. The idea does not contradict with Robson's point of view which expresses the same opinion in how we are also derived by emotions but the point he makes is that the brain creates an illusion to fill in the gap between reality and