Religion, UFOs, horoscopes, karma: belief that human beings or other types of vaguely humanoid intelligent beings (aliens, angels etc) are special and possess s

Religion, UFOs, horoscopes, karma: belief that human beings or other types of vaguely humanoid intelligent beings (aliens, angels etc) are special and possess special powers; rooted in propensity to worship individuals. Other things you list --- those probably originate in our desire to rationalize everything that probably has to do with our need to win arguments.