Such nonmainstream areas of inquiry as astrology, fortune telling, and psychic and paranormal pursuits play a vital role in society by satisfying human needs that are not addressed by mainstream science. Such nonmainstream areas of inquiry as astrology, f
...me out. For example, in the view of people pursuiting psychic and paranormal, those who got ill was because they had done something wrong and the god were punishing them. Although their explanations are absurd to modern people, for our forerunner they are "rational" and ¡°reasonable¡± and largely satisfy their wonder. Therefore, it is no strange that these fields are always dominating people's life in history and nowadays these fields still play an important role for those uneducated people. For another, these nonmainstream areas can meet people's curiosity for the future, although the content provided by them not necessarily comes true. For instance, before people know the result of election, they tend to find the fortune-teller and want to know who will become the ultimate leader from them. Say in the process of competing for president , a famous psychic predict that Clinton would defeat Bush . Although it is Bush who won the election in the end, people cannot go to criticize the psychic. To tell the truth, they may never expect such people tell them the correct answer and only want to make a fun. In this sense, nonmainstrain still appease people's need even if only for fun. Finally, admittedly, there are still many things cannot be solved by science, but nonmainstream is the only choice people can resort to. We have to know the fact that the number of people doubting the effectiveness and truth of nonmainstream areas is far more than those who believe in such subjects. Equipped with abundant scientific knowledge, modern people have already had the capability of differentiating the truth and the false. Although they still fell uncertain to the future, instead of getting help from people in nonmainstream fields, they will go on their tasks through personal e...