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Coach Pāṇini ®<p>Common examples of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MagicalThinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MagicalThinking</span></a> in adults include:</p><p>Superstitions<br>•Believing in lucky numbers or avoiding unlucky ones, such as 13.<br>•Crossing fingers or touching wood to prevent bad luck.<br>•Carrying lucky objects, like a rabbit’s foot or a mascot.<br>•Avoiding commitments on Friday the 13th.</p>
AnthonyIt's amazing there are still people who believe that AI models that can't count how many times the letter 'r' appears in the word "strawberry", or that advise people to use glue to keep the cheese on a pizza--despite being trained on a sizable fraction of English-language knowledge--are going to "do science" or "solve physics" or "figure out climate change".<br><br>I'm all for challenging received wisdom and assumptions, and I think magical thinking can be quite good if practiced well. But this is something else. To me this feels like the celebration of a dangerous kind of induced ignorance.<br><br><a href="https://buc.ci?t=ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://buc.ci?t=genai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GenAI</a> <a href="https://buc.ci?t=generativeai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GenerativeAI</a> <a href="https://buc.ci?t=aihype" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AIHype</a> <a href="https://buc.ci?t=delusions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#delusions</a> <a href="https://buc.ci?t=magicalthinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MagicalThinking</a><br>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p>Glad we’re all on the same page, when it comes to <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MagicalThinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MagicalThinking</span></a> <a href="https://inaniludibrio.com/2024/02/12/tis-clear-what-is-lacking/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inaniludibrio.com/2024/02/12/t</span><span class="invisible">is-clear-what-is-lacking/</span></a></p>
RonSupportsYou<p>"Biden declares there is now a 28th Amendment. There is not ... Sometimes presidents get senioritis and throw caution to the wind": <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/17/biden-declares-there-is-now-28th-amendment-there-is-not/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/politics/20</span><span class="invisible">25/01/17/biden-declares-there-is-now-28th-amendment-there-is-not/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BidenLiedPeopleSighed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BidenLiedPeopleSighed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MagicalThinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MagicalThinking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IfYouCouldCallItThinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IfYouCouldCallItThinking</span></a></p>
Richard R Lee<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MagicalThinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MagicalThinking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JunkScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JunkScience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MIT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MIT</span></a>.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GriftersGonnaGrift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GriftersGonnaGrift</span></a>. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@inkican" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>inkican</span></a></span></p>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>inthehands</span></a></span> </p><p>Consensus is the majority set of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MagicalThinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MagicalThinking</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://inaniludibrio.com/2024/02/19/define-normal/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inaniludibrio.com/2024/02/19/d</span><span class="invisible">efine-normal/</span></a></p>
Doug Bostrom<p>Uh-oh.</p><p>"Karataş and Cutright (1) present eight experiments (N = 2,462) suggesting that “God salience” (i.e., thinking about God) increases people’s willingness to rely on guidance from AI. The authors claim a consistent effect across decision domains and additionally report that these effects emerge for religious believers and nonbelievers alike."</p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/MagicalThinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MagicalThinking</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2402315121#body-ref-r1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas</span><span class="invisible">.2402315121#body-ref-r1</span></a></p>
AMonkeyInSilk 🇺🇦🇵🇸<p>No details.<br>No budget.<br>No costings.<br>No consultation with communities.<br>No support from business or industry.<br>No support from states and territories.<br>No experience or expertise in Australia.<br>No existing place to store the nuclear waste.<br>No viable small modular reactors in existence.<br>No plan on where nuclear waste will be stored.<br>No legislative support at commonwealth or state level.<br>No geological surveys or environmental impact statements.<br>No information on how much electricity would be produced.<br>No forecasts on how much the electricity produced will cost.<br>No information on supply chain resilience and maintenance integrity.<br>No information on emergency management, hazard mitigation or security.<br>No meaningful action on climate change while the nuclear plants are being built.<br>No information on how much the nuclear industry will be subsidised by government.</p><p>IF YOU DONT KNOW, VOTE NO</p><p><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/MagicalThinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MagicalThinking</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/ifyoudontknowvoteno" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ifyoudontknowvoteno</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nuclear</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/nuclearenergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nuclearenergy</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/nuclearpower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nuclearpower</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-23/coalition-wont-reveal-nuclear-power-generation-before-election/104012212" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2024-06-23/coa</span><span class="invisible">lition-wont-reveal-nuclear-power-generation-before-election/104012212</span></a></p>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p>See, a genuine, valuable use case for <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChatGPT</span></a> was on right there on the table for <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/OpenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAI</span></a> product marketers to choose from.</p><p>Instead, we got a <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TechBro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechBro</span></a> moving his phone around a room.</p><p>Deeply unserious people pot-committed to <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MagicalThinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MagicalThinking</span></a> of their cloistered reality.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@ScienceScholar/112435244318267982" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@ScienceSchola</span><span class="invisible">r/112435244318267982</span></a></p>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@FeralRobots" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>FeralRobots</span></a></span> <br>It’s <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MagicalThinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MagicalThinking</span></a> all the way down.</p>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://zirk.us/@interfluidity" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>interfluidity</span></a></span> <br>Pretending that reactionaries ain’t gonna react is <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MagicalThinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MagicalThinking</span></a>.</p>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MagicalThinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MagicalThinking</span></a> is <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/baseball" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>baseball</span></a> headlines with the phrase “playoff-caliber teams” in April.</p>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p>Prohibiting systemic failures is a form of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MagicalThinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MagicalThinking</span></a></p><p><a href="http://inaniludibrio.com/2024/04/17/prohibiting-systemic-failures-is-a-form-of-magical-thinking/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">inaniludibrio.com/2024/04/17/p</span><span class="invisible">rohibiting-systemic-failures-is-a-form-of-magical-thinking/</span></a></p>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@rodhilton" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>rodhilton</span></a></span> <br>Imagine the degree of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MagicalThinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MagicalThinking</span></a> that millions of paying customers will use your product, consumption-mode only, for 90 days.</p>
earthling<p>The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality by Amanda Montell</p><p>From the bestselling author of Cultish and host of the podcast Sounds Like a Cult , a delicious blend of cultural criticism and personal narrative that explores our cognitive biases and the power, disadvantages, and highlights of magical thinking. </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nonfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonfiction</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MagicalThinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MagicalThinking</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/irrationality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>irrationality</span></a></p>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p>The technology of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MagicalThinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MagicalThinking</span></a></p><p><a href="http://inaniludibrio.com/2024/04/04/the-technology-of-magical-thinking/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">inaniludibrio.com/2024/04/04/t</span><span class="invisible">he-technology-of-magical-thinking/</span></a></p>
Tuckers Nuts Resist! 🇺🇦 <p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@TomSullivan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TomSullivan</span></a></span> <br>🥥 The "strong prophetic and prosperity beliefs" attributed to Trump's followers are commonly referred to in English as "magical thinking."<br>That's how we got a political movement made up of the most delusional and willfully ignorant people on the planet. 🥥<br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MagicalThinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MagicalThinking</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trumpists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trumpists</span></a>, #<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WillfulIgnorance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WillfulIgnorance</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TheBlindLeadingTheBlind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheBlindLeadingTheBlind</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TuckersBalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TuckersBalls</span></a></p>
FeralRobots<p>Apropos of fascist mystic syncretism: Of course Elon's setting red=Republican, here, but "Red wave" can mean so many additional things. Like a bloodbath, for example. Fascism is all about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MagicalThinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MagicalThinking</span></a>, which loves blood sacrifice.</p>
oldguycrusty<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://deadinsi.de/@delve" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>delve</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Religion</span></a> = <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Superstition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Superstition</span></a> = <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/magicalThinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>magicalThinking</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ReligionPoisonsEverything" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReligionPoisonsEverything</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Religion</span></a> fosters <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/patriarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>patriarchy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Misogyny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Misogyny</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Racism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Colonialism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Isolationism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Isolationism</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Fear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fear</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Others" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Others</span></a></p>
-0--1-<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://universeodon.com/@ConnieVM" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ConnieVM</span></a></span> I'm so very tired of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PeopleWhoNeverGrewUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeopleWhoNeverGrewUp</span></a> and live in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Delusional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Delusional</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MagicalThinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MagicalThinking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Whispering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Whispering</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SelfishWhispers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SelfishWhispers</span></a> to their <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ImaginaryFriends" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ImaginaryFriends</span></a> to bend the laws of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Physics</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Probability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Probability</span></a> to grant their <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SelfishDesires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SelfishDesires</span></a></p>
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