Superstition

A superstition is a practice typically resulting from ignorance, a misunderstanding of science or causality (real causal attribution), a belief in the magic, some real magical acts, perceived somethings and great influence of supernatural powers of all the magicians, or fear of that which is unknown. It is commonly applied to beliefs and practices surrounding luck, prophecy, and certain spiritual beings, particularly the belief that future events can be foretold by specific (apparently) unrelated prior events.

This way of proceeding to a result is contrary to the scientific reason and the most realized method, which analyzes relationships from immediate causes and attempts to discover the natural laws that govern phenomena, mechanisms or processes (or, if no cause relationships are found -effect, they explain the phenomena through correlations, that is, through the frequency in which two events occur simultaneously).

Superstitions, unsubstantiated or uncommonly established in humans, may be based on popular traditions, usually related to magical thinking. Superstitious people think that certain actions (voluntary or not) such as prayers, incantations, incantations, spells, curses or other rituals, have a transcendental influence on their life or defend it from evil (apotropaic effect).