According to a recent AP poll, approximately 34% of people in the United States claim to believe in ghosts. The accompanying article states that this figure is “high”.
Is it really that high? I personally would have expected more, considering that half the people in the U.S. don’t believe in evolution, or — as this poll points out — half of them believe in ESP.
I’m actually delightfully surprised that a healthy majority, 66%, have a functional enough head on their shoulders to realize that their lights flickering on and off is probably due to faulty wiring (my DSL used to flicker on and off at random, but the phone guy discovered it was due to the fact that I nearly chopped my phone line in half with my weed-eater. Thanks Qwest man!), and that their long-deceased cat Fluffykins isn’t really visiting them in the night. Since it seems that everyone is so eager to embrace the first explanation that is spoon-fed to them by television or church, rather than exploring more logical possibilities, I would have thought the statistic would have been higher.
Unfortunately, the high ESP figure troubles me. I mean, come on. I don’t know how many of you have been successful at bending spoons with your mind but I haven’t had much luck. I guess maybe it’s because I’m not a “true believer” or I “only use 10% of my brain” or some other bullshit like that.
But anyway, way to go non-ghost people. I salute 66% of you for being brighter than I imagined.
Posted by Jesse 
