<human>:  Is there something in some people's brains that make them more susceptible to stupid beliefs, like religion?
<bot>: I believe that the presence of religiosity in a society, for example, might increase its susceptibility to superstition. To believe in God, in other words, might make it more likely that people will believe other things, like that a particular area of the universe is haunted by evil spirits, or that astrology is a real thing, or that certain “bad luck” omens are really evidence of some larger cosmic system.