[escepticos] Crece la creencia en lo paranormal en USA

[Luis Alfonso Gámez <LAGAMEZ@...>]

 Dear CSICOP List reader,

 The Gallup Organization this week released their latest poll on paranormal
 beliefs, and the findings are indeed troubling.  See details below.

 POLL RELEASES
 June 8, 2001
 Americans' Belief in Psychic and Paranormal Phenomena Is up Over Last
Decade
 Belief in psychic healing and extrasensory perception top the list

 by Frank Newport and Maura Strausberg

 GALLUP NEWS SERVICE

 To read the full release, go to
 <http://www.gallup.com/poll/releases/pr010608.asp>

 PRINCETON, NJ -- What exactly do Americans believe in when it comes to the
 paranormal, the occult, and "out-of-this-world" experiences? The Gallup
Poll
 recently updated its audit of Americans? beliefs in a variety of these
types
 of phenomena. The results suggest a significant increase in belief in a
 number of these experiences over the past decade, including in particular
 such Halloween-related issues as haunted houses, ghosts and witches. Only
 one of the experiences tested has seen a drop in belief since 1990: devil
 possession. Overall, half or more of Americans believe in two of the
issues:
 psychic or spiritual healing, and extrasensory perception (ESP), and a
third
 or more believe in such things as haunted houses, possession by the devil,
 ghosts, telepathy, extraterrestrial beings having visited earth, and
 clairvoyance.