Again, if you actually care to learn more about this position, I highly recommend reading A Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan. Like I said, he does a much better job explaining what I’m attempting to say.
I’m not talking about people just “being wrong,” and then learning. That isn’t what’s happening.
And no, magical thinking is not part of everyone’s life, and it absolutely should be discouraged.
How are we defining magical thinking here? Are we talking about anything illogical or specifically the unironic my-Hogwarts-letter-got-lost-in-the-post types?
I’ll definitely give that book a read, thanks for the recommendation.
Magical thinking, or superstitious thinking,[1] is the belief that unrelated events are causally connected despite the absence of any plausible causal link between them, particularly as a result of supernatural effects.
Again, if you actually care to learn more about this position, I highly recommend reading A Demon-Haunted World by Carl Sagan. Like I said, he does a much better job explaining what I’m attempting to say.
I’m not talking about people just “being wrong,” and then learning. That isn’t what’s happening.
And no, magical thinking is not part of everyone’s life, and it absolutely should be discouraged.
How are we defining magical thinking here? Are we talking about anything illogical or specifically the unironic my-Hogwarts-letter-got-lost-in-the-post types?
I’ll definitely give that book a read, thanks for the recommendation.
So, wait, you think literally any superstitious thinking is harmful? That literally is something most people do to one extent or another.