Is woo belief more prevalent among women?

[CrotchMaven]

Ya know, faeries, ghosts, feathers and inner essence, soul stuff.

And, if so, is that a STEM problem?

And are woo-men (hahaha) more interested in in hard-core conspiracy theory, libertarianism rocks, government is evil, battle of the cocks stuff?

Or have I been reading too much weird stuff on the net, extrapolating and should go to bed?

And whither, witches. I love witches threads. Am I being witch - finder on woo-ers, of whatever genitalia/born-chromosome configuration?

TheSameBoat - re "Isaac Newton was deeply into woo".

Having just read a book about Isaac Newton, I'd like to say a few words on this subject.

There was no such thing as chemistry in Newton's lifetime. Mixing up chemicals and observing results was called "alchemy". So yes, he practiced alchemy and hoped to discover the Philosopher's Stone.

He performed experiments, recorded results. This is not woo, it is science - performed in a field where ignorance was near-complete at the time. His basic assumptions were wrong so he never discovered anything of importance, but he tried.

If Isaac Newton was into woo, he would just be believing stuff without experimenting, and possibly countering evidence by "But this is my belief and you just must respect it, so there".

Well he did.

He was a christian.

Cote D'azur, yes that's a really interesting point, as in alchemical experiments must have been the origin of what we see as modern science, and that both were seen as challenging the dominant belief of the day which was religion.

I suppose that's why I've always had a soft spot for magic (despite the fact I don't believe in it!) in that it goes against patriarchal religion. And the religious leaders must have seen it as woman-centered because they killed all those so called "witches".

It's definitely attractive to believe that we ourselves have the power to change our circumstances rather than appeal to an unseeable being that seems to pay little attention to women.

"I suppose that's why I've always had a soft spot for magic (despite the fact I don't believe in it!) in that it goes against patriarchal religion"

Sorry, I'm colourblind in that range and can't see how believing in one superstition is better than believing in another.

"Well he did. He was a christian."

As I said before, I think religion is different because of widespread indoctrination from an early age.

There is no such indoctrination for woo, yet seemingly reasonable adults one day decide to believe them.