The claim that something "works whether you believe in it or not" is not necessarily a sign that it is a superstition. After all, things that are objectively tr

The claim that something "works whether you believe in it or not" is not necessarily a sign that it is a superstition. After all, things that are objectively true have this property. For example, technologies developed as a result of true scientific discovery work whether or not you believe in them. If something is claimed to work only if you believe it, that is the sign of a superstition.