During  the CT scan of the mummy, the machine stopped working due to the sand in the cooler. This made even the scientists superstitious. They thought it happens due to the curse of the pahroah. Based on the reading of the story, write a paragraph on the topic "Education Cannot Eradicate Superstition from our Minds".

Such questions are meant to test your writing skills and should be attempted on your own. However, these points might help you elaborate:
- Superstitions have probably arisen because of fear and anxiety and because a certain phenomena is not understood.
- Ancient man believed in many superstitions as he could not understand natural occurrences like an earthquake or a volcano.
- But, it has been found that educated people also belive certain superstitions.
- The feeling of not being completely in control of certain things makes us superstitious.
- It gives a feeling of safety: for instance, some players wear the same hat in a tournament as they associate good luck with it.
- Similarly, the scientists attributed the non-functioning of the machine to the curse of the pharaoh rather than investigating the real scientific reason behind it.
- People were upset that the pharaoh had been disturbed from his resting place and many myths and superstitions were attached to the mummy.
- Some educated people feel that nothing is lost in following harmless superstitions like touching wood.
- Education may not be able to eradicate superstition, but it can definitely keep us away from follwoing harmful practices in the name of false beliefs and faiths.

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