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F. Roger Devlin's avatar

Envy and belief in witchcraft are closely related, with witchcraft used by the envious to explain the success of others, as Helmut Schoeck realized.

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"Why? Low average IQ is obviously part of the explanation. But it’s not the whole story. The persistence of superstitious beliefs, notably in witchcraft, has been largely ignored by mainstream economists—due to political correctness."

But superstition is just another manifestation of low IQ

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