Homo Consumericus

The Nature and Nurture of Consumption

Dr. Gad Saad is an Associate Professor of Marketing at the John Molson School of Business (Concordia University) and author of The Evolutionary Bases of Consumption. See full bio

December 27, 2008, Evolutionary Psychology

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Is God Fickle in His Allegiance to Specific Sports Teams?

By Gad Saad, Ph.D. on December 27, 2008 in Homo Consumericus

Despite His busy schedule, God appears to have an inordinate amount of available time to intervene in determining the outcome of sports matches. From individual acts such as making a shot in basketball, scoring a goal in soccer, or making a putt in gulf, to team outcomes such as winning the Super Bowl or the World Cup, athletes and coaches are convinced that God is on their side. These divine attributions put a whole new twist on the fundamental attribution error (pun intended)! Read More

question

Submitted by HK on December 28, 2008 - 12:00pm.

With loads of sarcasm that this post is dripping with, much seems to be clear as to what your stance is on divine intervention and faith in God, but just to satisfy my curiosity....

Do you believe in God Dr. Saad?

This rings a bell...

Submitted by Hetero Consumericus on December 28, 2008 - 3:38pm.

Wasn't the previous post a line from Contact (Jodie Foster)? Guess Dr. Saad won't be the one riding the Machine...

Very funny

Submitted by david Petropoulos on January 4, 2009 - 6:26am.

Funny post! Thanks for pointing out stupidity and those who have stupid thoughts like most who play sports. Sincerely,David

god is fickle

Submitted by seth on January 11, 2009 - 1:29pm.

Did you ever notice that the losing team never says "God is good", or thanks the big man? Must be hard to reconcile why god would "let" them lose after praying so hard to their imaginary friend.