Militant atheists often deride religious believers as dominated by “magical thinking.” Yet, as a very short article in the March 2015 issue of The Atlantic reports, they themselves are, very likely, prone to precisely such “superstition”:
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/03/the-science-of-superstition/384962/
And you might enjoy this little item, as well:
http://scienceblogs.com/gnxp/2008/01/23/atheists-who-believe-in-astrol/