Magical thinking is a bi-product of cognitive process that were useful in our evolutionary survival. We’re so good at pattern matching that we see patterns everywhere, even when they don’t exist. It’s better to believe the movement in the dark is a tiger, rather than the wind blowing thru a bush. Its better to be wrong on that, than the other way around.
Christer Sturmark — Magical thinking is a bi-product of cognitive process that w
Magical thinking is a bi-product of cognitive process that were useful in our evolutionary survival. We’re so good at pattern matching that we see patterns everywhere, even when they don’t exist. It’s better to believe the movement in the dark…