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8..26 (1) Mention mind reading, ghosts, premonitions, the bending of spoons through thought or other supposed mysteries of the paranormal, and most scientists will say there are no such things. (2) Polls show that about half of Americans believe in paranormal phenomena. “For some reason, a lot of people want it to be so,” said Dr. Robert L. Park, a professor of physics at the University of Maryland and the author of “Voodoo Science: The Road from Foolishness to Fraud.” “If you can do things with your mind, then the universe is paying attention to you, and that’s important to a lot of people.”