The ignorant and superstitious

Interesting quote from Marieke Saher's PhD thesis Everyday beliefs about food and health (my italics):

in comparison to skeptics, superstitious individuals assigned more purpose to biological wholes, natural parts and natural wholes, they explained biological processes more often with organ intention and energy, and they regarded energy more as matter, a living entity, a mental phenomenon, and vital power. In addition, superstitious individuals assigned less purpose to artefact parts and artefact wholes than skeptics did.

The more I think about the last sentence, the more it seems to explain certain everyday phenomena I haven't been able to grasp fully earlier. Superstitious people simply don't know why and how the common artefacts are build and how they are used. It isn't just about one's world view, lifestyle, or personality. It's about one's plain ignorance.