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Supernatural Survey Results
Smart girls decide for themselves.™
SmartGirl asked: "Do you believe in the supernatural?"
Yes 77%
No 15%
No answer 8%
SmartGirl asked: "What is your definition of the supernatural?"
"I think it is something that is still on the earth but not alive. Such as a ghost."
-girl, 13 USA
"People's excuse for bad things that happen to them".
-girl, 16 USA
"My definition of the supernatural is any happening which science can't explain."
-girl, 19 USA
"I think god is supernatural."
-girl, 15 Canada
"Anything that cannot be explained away by our current scientific knowledge, or something that defies the scientific laws that have previously never been broken"
-girl, 16 Canada
SmartGirl asked, "Do you think there is anyone who has ESP?"
"I think there is something to it, because a long time ago cavemen had larger occipital lobes and could share common memories, even if they themselves had never experienced it. And while we have much smaller occipital lobes, we still have them, and could probably get in tune with them if we devoted more time to it."
-girl, 15 USA
"Yes, I think there are people who have ESP. A lot of people I know, including myself, have known something was going to happen before it actually did. ESP doesn't have to be an all the time sort of thing."
-girl, 19 USA
"I'm not really sure on this one...but take what we know about the brain, and brain waves, and EEGs and stuff, I mean there is room for another way to communicate besides the ways we already have, and our subconscious part of our brain is REALLY perceptive...so someone may not have "ESP" per say, but they may notices things that other people wouldn't, and not only that but manage to fit them together in a useful way."
-girl, 16 Canada
"I think God may tell certain people certain things when they need to know, but i don't think anyone can communicate telepathically."
-girl, 15 USA
"No. There is scientific evidence against ESP. There are people who are unusually sensitive to the moods and emotions of those around them, but this is not ESP."
-girl, 16 USA
SmartGirl asked "Have you ever seen a ghost? If so, what made you believe that you saw one?"
"No, not really, but I've seen odd shimmers in the dark at night."
-girl, 12 USA
"Yes, I remember once when I was at my grandmas house I was on the stairs and I look around the corner and saw a figure. I knew it wasn't my grandma or grandpa because she was with me and he was asleep. I even checked to make sure he was asleep. I know it wasn't a person."
-girl, 14 USA
"I have never seen one...But i have "felt" one. I felt the precence of it in my room...Now i sleep w/ a night light on."
-girl, 13 usa
"No, my personal opinon about ghost's is that they are not real. I think they are a figure of someone's imagination, or they miss a loved one so much that they think they can see or hear them in the form of a 'ghost'."
-girl, 16 Canada
SmartGirl asked: "Do you believe in witches?"
Yes 58%
No 6%
No answer 6%
SmartGirl asked: "Do you believe in reincarnation?"
Yes 43%
No 41%
No answer 16%
SmartGirl asked: "Do you believe in the powers associated with witchcraft, magic or voodoo? Tell us why or why not."
"Yes. because at my birthday party we were playing this game called scraches and bruses and at the end of the game you are soposed to yell out scratches and bruses and when you do that you are soposed to turn on the lights and look at you back and you are suposed to have sctatches on your back. When we did that we all had scratches and bruses on our backs. But the scratches and bruses go away."
-girl, 14 USA
"I don't believe in them because I beleive in God, but I see how someone could believe in it."
-girl, 15 USA
"I don't know if they have powers, but I believe that they think that they do, and so they may through the power of belief have more confidence to do things most people wouldn't dream of, which might seem almost superhuman."
-girl, 15 USA
"No; I do believe that many so-called witches can make a powerful psychological effect on their audiences, persuading them to believe in their "powers"."
-girl, 18 USA
"I live in New Orleans, and this stuff is part of my city's culture. I believe in all of this because it's fun, but sometimes I get skeptical."
-girl, 14 USA
"Well, YEAH. There is a pagan religion, are you aware of that? They are WICCANS. Not witches with warts on their noses, but a kind of religion, and they have herbs, and spells. People do do this."
-girl, 15 USA
Thanks for telling us!
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