The purpose of science popularization publicity is to guide the public to observe problems with scientific ideas and deal with problems with scientific methods. Where knowledge does not exist, ignorance regards itself as science. Superstition is the product of human beings' difficulty in correctly explaining various natural and social phenomena in the era of ignorance, lacking scientific basis and logical reasoning. After superstition has become a tool for some people to cheat others and make money, It has incorporated a lot of seemingly reasonable pseudoscientific knowledge, which is deceptive.
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At present, there are still many superstitious people, and mankind is still in the era of ignorance