Superstition & Irrationality

Kofi Akosah-Sarpong comments on the bane of superstition and irrationality and efforts being made to mitigate their effects."...West Africans need a new mindset and new thinking informed by their experiences, culture and history. West Africans live in new challenges and new dangers, some of which emanate from within their culture, unknown to them has led them lead a dim life...In a move reminiscent of the European Enlightenment era, which used reason to demolish entrenched deadly superstitions, Ghanaian scientists are currently working on strategies that would help explain things rationally, based on facts and given reasons, and are also mapping out strategies for science acculturation in order to minimize the degree of irrationality in the Ghanaian society...The challenges facing the nation today is to transform the minds, attitudes and behaviours in our society to appreciate scientific approach to doing things..."
Via GhanaWeb