If you have a good understanding of how evolution works are you less likely to believe in paranormal things?

That's a bit of reach. A lot of today's science was considered paranormal at one time. And yes much of yesterday's paranormal was nonsense too. We'll see which is which eventually.

Yes, a good understanding of Science makes you unlikely to believe in paranormal things that have no scientific evidence. Such blind believers are English Gaijin are pathetically ignorant about Science. 

Not necessarily.

"Paranormal" is only a misconception of effects of natural energies and processes we have not discovered yet and have not made it into our Science books.  Further enhanced by traditional "Superstitions" used to somehow "Explain" it.

As we do not know EVERYTHING about Nature and physics yet, we might,  from time to time, encounter effects and events we cannot account for.  Nature does not care if we know how she works or not.----All too often it is human nature to "Force" an explanation and guess using a superstition like "Its a ghost"!

People with a good understanding of Evolution usually are MORE scientifically educated, and less apt to believe in paranormal superstitious things like "Ghosts", etc  BUT there is nothing "Special" about Evolution itself that would be more affective than any other specialized Science, like Chemistry or Physics.

Scientists simply have more OPTIONS for explanations of unusual situations or events than do most typical people.  So less of what they experience would need drastic explanations.----When THEY cannot explain something, they can opt to 1) Further study it until there IS an explanation or NEW discovery (its what proper Scientists DO when encountering an unknown) or 2) Call it "unexplained" and have no opinion., or 3)Totally ignore it altogether..

But why did the questioner single out Evolution when ANY Science  Field would have worked just as well?---Perhaps it was meant to be a snide hit on religion where some anti-theists labor under the delusion that it conflicts with Christian beliefs.--That only applies to a fundamentalist minority.---Most Christians are perfectly OK with Evolution as the Bible never says HOW "God created life", only who. 

A person with any understanding of science won't believe in the paranormal. 

HAI mean YES at Japan. I see many people cannot comprehend Evolution, and they believe much "kojira no heh"! Englsh Gao Pei cannot comprehend Science and Logic. He believe every wild tale and rad only absurd hoaxes, e.g. Eric van Daniken's "Neko no Kuso".RWRossum quote PEW polls. They similar to polls that say Donald Trump lose 2016 election. Competent scientists know afterlife have no evidence and is unscientific and illogical. Obi Wan Knievel use bad reasoning. He sound somewhat like English Gaijin. 

"paranormal" is a very BIG umbrella term. 

Are you referring to powers like telepathy or telekinesis? 

Or creatures like aliens, demons, ghosts, ghouls, griffins, hefalumps & woozles? 

No, in fact it might be the opposite.  I know what you're thinking, you're thinking a scientific education should automatically eliminate any superstitious, religious and / or paranormal beliefs.  But you'd be wrong.

The better someone understands modern science, the more they understand how much they really don't know.  And there's a whole lot modern science doesn't know.  If you ask any accredited science professor if they have all the answers in their field of expertise, they'll laugh and tell you they don't even know all the questions yet.  If they had all the answers, research scientists would all be out of work tomorrow.

The paranormal, in its true form, is anything that modern science cannot explain, at least not yet.  Whether it's caused by god(s), spirits of dead people, ugly old ladies with bubbling cauldrons, space aliens or some as yet undiscovered natural cause is a whole other debate.

*sigh* yet ANOTHER troll post. Try not to take the bait people. 🙄

Any answer I give would simply be conjecture.  A statement without proof is worthless.