Are we all lost?

Even in these most modern and supposedly enlightened times when we are bombarded almost daily with sceptics and scientists views on all things spiritual or religious, there still appears to be no shortage of people who are willing to believe in the existence of ghosts and/or the afterlife. Why should this be? - well the obvious and truthful answer is that no one is 100% sure why.
My theory (for what it's worth) is that technology is advancing at a mind boggling rate, and even those of us who embrace change and march on with the tide of science still get a little fearful at times. We still wonder where is will all end and we feel more and more insignificant when faced with the enormity of data that is so readily placed before us in ever increasing doses. There is that little voice that says "enough" and we yearn for a little spirituality - a little colour in the sterile and clinical world of science and technology. We are willing to believe our primitive instincts.
This "gut reaction" has nothing whatsoever to do with belief in my opinion. It goes a little deeper than that. It is almost at DNA level. To over-analyse it would make it go away, and the little primitive savage inside us doesn't want it to go away. The mind knows when it needs something and sometimes it does know best, no matter how misguided that may be. As long as the ethereal side doesn't dominate and take over the real side of life it can actually be beneficial I think.