Magical thinking
id:
magical-thinking-169-13437396
title:
Magical thinking
text:
Magical thinking, or superstitious thinking, 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. Examples include the idea that personal thoughts can influence the external world without acting on them, or that objects must be causally connected if they resemble each other or have come into contact with each other in the past. Magical thinking is a type of fallacious thinking a
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Belief in the connection of unrelated events
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical_thinking
date created:
2003-02-19T20:00:31Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T16:23:24Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q136783","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q136783"}
image:
fields total:
13
integrity:
15