Superstition?

NZ Herald:

"It's not that I'm superstitious, but it's just better to be safe than sorry," Mr Tan said.

But doesn't that match of superstition?

1 a: a belief or practice resulting from ignorance, fear of the unknown, trust in magic or chance, or a false conception of causation
b: an irrational abject attitude of mind toward the supernatural, nature, or God resulting from superstition
2: a notion maintained despite evidence to the contrary