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By Mahnoor Imtiaz,working individually.

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#3.dua lipa doesnt want you to say cheers

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#3.dua lipa doesnt want you to say cheers

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In this article Dua Lipa a very famous singer talks about her superstitions.

She talks about how she never lets anybody say cheers befor a show in fear that if they do so something bad will happen as it did once before.I think her reason for this belief is simplicity and possibly agenticity. It is to easier believe that it was just bad luck or that some supernatural forces are at play which caused her to have a bad show rather than to take responsibility for one's own mistakes or to attribute it to physical errors like sound issues or lighting, communication issues.Another reason for belief is the emotional connection.When somebody cares so much about a particular thing in her case her music and her shows we tend to believe and do anything to protect it which she does by not saying cheers before her shows.

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Dua Lipa is the pop star of the moment, but that doesn't stop her being very superstitious. The 'New Rules' singer recently explained her superstitions in an interview with fellow pop star Katy Perry for V magazine. Dua Lipa revealed to Katy how she has a ritual before going on stage and if she doesn't follow it she thinks her performance will go wrong.

Speaking to Katy, Dua said, "First I'll warm up, drink lots of tea, hang out with my band. If people in the room have anything in their cups, they aren't allowed to cheers. Not just before a show, but ever."

She went on to explain why saying, "Before a show in Stockholm, my band thought it'd be funny to cheers with water before our show. I was so mad at them, and we went onstage and literally everything went wrong. Everything."

Dua then admitted that she was so nervous before her BRIT Awards performance that she wore her knickers inside out! She explained to Katy, "I was so worried that I was gonna jinx my performance by being so nervous-so I wore my knickers inside out, under my outfit."

She needn't have worried though, Dua gave an amazing performance of 'New Rules' which you can watch below.

On the night, Dua won two BRIT Awards, for Best British Female and Best British Breakthrough Act. During one of her acceptance speeches the 'IDGAF' singer brought her younger brother and sister onto the stage. Our reporter later caught up with the BRIT Award singer to ask her our her siblings felt, hear what she had to say below.

Last month Dua Lipa teamed up with Calvin Harris on their new song 'One Kiss'. This latest collaboration is just one of many fantastic collaborations this year including Bruno Mars and Cardi B, and Rita Ora and Liam Payne.
See some more top collaborations this year in our gallery below.

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Camila Cabello and Young Thug

Former Fifth Harmony singer Camila Cabello dominated the charts with her massive collaboration with Young Thug on the catchy single 'Havana'.

Liam Payne and Rita Ora

Former One Direction singer Liam Payne joined forces with Rita Ora to record the Fifty Shade Freed single 'For You'.

Calum Scott and Leona Lewis

Former Britain's Got Talent star Calum Scott and winner of The X Factor Leona Lewis teamed up on the stunning single 'You Are The Reason'.

Maroon 5 and Cardi B

Maroon 5 and Cardi B teamed up for 'Girls Like You'. The music video stars a number of celebrities including Camila Cabello, Millie Bobby Brown from Stranger Things, Ellen DeGeneres, Jennifer Lopez, Rita Ora and Adam Levine's wife Behati Prinsloo and their daughter Dusty Rose.
The photo shows the lead singer from Maroon 5, Adam Levine and Cardi B.

'One Kiss' was an immediate hit with fans going to number 1 in the UK and in many other countries, you can hear 'One Kiss' and many other songs from Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa on KISS.

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Dua Lipa reveals why she is superstitious

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Dua Lipa is the pop star of the moment, but that doesn't stop her being very superstitious. The 'New Rules' singer recently explained her superstitions in an interview with fellow pop star Katy Perry for V magazine.

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The belief that number 13 is an unlucky number is perhaps one of the most common superstitions in the world.

One of the reasons why this belief has become so widespread, that people across countries and cultures fear this number one could say it is their simplicity.Since it is difficult to face the truth sometimes about why something bad has happened some people just blame it on bad luck on superstitions.For example if someone receives some bad news and it happens to be friday the 13th, they will simple just say it was because of that.
In my opinion one of the negative impacts about these beliefs is that some of these superstitions have become so deep seeded that even if somebody didn't want to believe them or tried to look for any sort of evidence of other factors that might have contributed to the bad news, they would only find proof that their belief is valid rather than seeing the true reason for it even if it were right in front of their eyes.

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This is an article about a couple who is convinced that the old supertition "your itching of the hand means you're coming into money" is true because they won a million dollars.

One of the red flags raise here is that when lillian says her hand itched the night before they won is a classic case of confirmation bias.In the article lillian tells the reporter she has been buying lottery tickets all her life and she probably doesn't remember  or is unconsciously not able to realize all the other times her hand itched and she didn't win but the due to such a short period of time between her winning her lottery in the morning and her hand itching the night before she credited the superstition.

One might also say that it is the couple's simplicity that they believe the superstition instead of realizing that fact that since lillian had been buying lottery tickets for so long it was only a matter of time and probability that she finally won a prize.

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A couple of prize winners from Bell Island are convinced the old "itchy hand means money" superstition turned out to be true for them when they won a million dollars.

Lillian and Gord Gosse of Bell Island are the province's newest lotto max millionaires after claiming their prize yesterday.

The two retirees plan to share the money with family and are toying with the idea of taking a vacation together when things settle down.

Lillian has been buying tickets for decades and says she plans to continue doing so. She says she is still shocked but she can't deny feeling a little superstitious the night before when she complained about having an itchy hand to her husband.

The superstition around an insatiable itch on ones left hand is often associated with coming into money and as Lillian recalls, she had it bad.

She describes having an itchy hand all Friday and it persisted into Saturday. She says that on Sunday she said to her husband she had a feeling they were going to come into money.

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VOCM - Lottery Winners Say Superstition Predicted Winnings

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A couple of prize winners from Bell Island are convinced the old "itchy hand means money" superstition turned out to be true for them when they won a million dollars. Lillian and Gord Gosse of Bell Island are the province's newest lotto max millionaires after claiming their prize yesterday.

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In this video Ellen jokingly questions how much sense some of the most famous superstitions especially the ones make.

After watching this video i agree with Ellen that some superstitions just sound silly if you think about it however this just goes to show that instead of people taking a moment to think if these things sound logical, people simply adhere to superstitions because that is what we see and learn from.This shows that ancient wisdom and religion are very strong influences in any and all things related to the supernatural and paranormal.

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This video tells us about the origins of how various superstitions from all over the world began and then spread.

The video explains how many of the superstitions stemmed from religious belief because of the supernatural element which correlate with the red flags ideology and ancient wisdom as the real reason why the superstition gets lost in history and people start believing in the different version of the possible cause because that is just what has been passed down.The video all talks about how in some languages some words sound similar to other more negative words thus those are considered unlucky and best avoided which connects to patternicity because people are adding meaning to things unnecessarily

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#10.Alakshmi - Indian Goddess of misfortune

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#10.Alakshmi - Indian Goddess of misfortune

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In India business owners/shopkeepers hang 7 chillies and lemon at their doors for the Goddess so if she visits the she eats her favorite food and leaves satisfied without bringing them bad luck.

The limitation or flaw about this superstition in my opionion is that if its for a Goddess,a divine being why does she need or want food? don't indiand and hindus believe that their Gods and Goddesses are all superior and free of all humanly needs?

Moreover ,there is the lack of evidence of this edible charm for protection.Has anyone ever seen that one day the chillies and lemon are there and the net they're not? did the Goddess really visit them or was it some poor person who saw a chance to grab free chillies and lemon and put it in their otherwise bland and humble meal?

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This article talks about how some superstitions might be good for you as they put you in a more positive and confident state of mind and how a study conducted to test this hypothesis actually yielded results in favour of it.

While the logic is true that when people believe they have luck on their side and that confident and positive mental state does help them succeed in their goals one of the flaws in my opinion is that this article and the study do not show what happens every time one of the test subjects adhered to all their superstitions for good luck yet failed to perform well or succeed.

On that note it could also be said that the results of this study raise the red flag confirmation bias as the results do show that the golfers perfomed well however it does not test and explore the possibilty of their good luck charms not working or helping them.

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We all know that superstitious behavior is irrational. Stuart Vyse, author of "Believing in Magic: The Psychology of Superstition," points out, "When we are looking for ways to enhance our luck, we often see connections that are not there."

Due to confirmation bias, people tend to look for days when their lucky shirt gave them great fortune and overlook the times it didn't work. They are also more likely to interpret ambiguous evidence, such as their favorite sports team playing well but losing the game, as support for their superstitious theories.

It's also no surprise that superstitious behavior can be problematic. It can create fear where there was none before or even replace active, more productive behaviors. Even worse, it can manifest as a ritual that people become dependent on.

Yet despite the negatives, there are some real benefits to being superstitious. It can create actual results - not through magic, but through psychology.

This is because superstitions change the way people behave, says Jane Risen, associate professor of behavioral science at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Her ongoing research suggests that engaging in a ritual in a high-anxiety situation can make people feel less anxious and therefore perform better than others.

"Believing you are lucky can improve performance at a skilled task," explains Vyse. In a laboratory study, golfers who'd been told that the ball they were using was lucky, and putted significantly better than golfers who hadn't. Their perception of the lucky golf ball reduced their stress, and therefore increased their confidence and initiative during the game.

Superstitions provide meaningful psychological benefits because they give us an illusion of control, especially in uncertain situations. Donald Saucier, professor of psychological sciences at Kansas State University, says, "We can now believe that we can influence events, whether or not we actually can." With this sense of power, we can manage difficult emotions, such as helplessness.

According to new research from the University of Chicago and National University of Singapore, avoidant actions - superstitious gestures that involve pushing away from the body, such as throwing salt, spitting, or knocking on wood - are extremely effective for helping people feel protected from negative outcomes, especially in situations where they are trying to undo bad luck.

This is because exerting force away from the self allows people to simulate the experience of having avoided bad fortune. Avoidant actions make people feel like they've gotten rid of the bad mojo, and it can be stress-relieving for them to connect their abstract fears to physical movements. They also have less clear mental images of bad events, which allows them to focus on more positive things.

The next time you are in an uncertain situation, you might just find your superstitions coming in handy.

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Why Your Superstitions Might Actually Be Good For You

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Superstitions can create actual results - not through magic, but through psychology.

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#9. Some superstitions are really all that bad

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#9. Some superstitions are really all that bad

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This picture gives us some food for thought.

The negative impact that superstitions have on us, especially who believe in them religiously is that we go to extreme lengths to protect ourselves from something bad happening to us and what we don't realize in that moment is that our fear of an innocent animal, or inanimate object is a little irrational and that when we give extreme reactions to for instance harming black cats when they cross our path,we are hurting and innocent being who could not possibly cause you harm physically,spiritually or any other way.

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This video informs the viewers about some of the most common superstitions in India and the possible science behind it.

In my opinion ,many of the scientific or logical bases given for how some superstitions spread make a lot of sense. The conclusion I've come to after watching this video that one of the main red flags that arises here is ancient wisdom as India is a third world country with a very low education rate thus for people from a country like that where religion and ideology is also a heavy influence it is easier or simpler to adhere to something or refrain from it when they believe it may cause bad luck for example it a common belief that haircut on tuesdays brings bad luck but the reaosning behind it is that it was advised not to do so to save water however when people are less educated and aware of our impact on the earth it is hard to make a conscious choice and refrain from something when you don't know if it will directly affect you,so one might say that it is easier to spread superstitions about something and use that fear a a tactic.

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Here Are Scientific Reasons For These Popular 15 Indian Superstitions Followed Since Olden Days