
People who felt a lack of control in their lives were more likely to believe in the claimed “psychic abilities” of a famous octopus, a University of Queensland (UQ) study has found. Paul the Octopus gained notoriety during the 2010 soccer World Cup for correctly “predicting" the winner of all games in the competition. The eight-armed “psychic” was the subject of Dr Katharine Greenaway's experiment involving 40 participants....
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I guess that's no different to those who turn to religion when they're at a low ebb












