Child Witchcraft Analysis

What I found most interesting from the article by Hari is the concept of how our fear and distress can cause us to carry out some irrational actions. An example of this concept that we have all become familiar with is witchcraft. The lack of scientific knowledge in medieval era cause people to fear the unknown and they associate things such as diseases and famine to witchcraft. As stated in the article, “there was no concept of child witchcraft in Congo until the war began and 6 million people were killed”. Similarly, when the black plague broke out in medieval Europe, the amount of witch trials quickly increased. The lack of knowledge can cause people to be superficial and they would rather believe that death is caused by evil spirits instead