Magical Thinking
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This document discusses the concept of magical thinking and how it can lead people to make incorrect causal connections between unrelated events. It provides examples of how coincidences can be misinterpreted, confirmation bias can lead people to seek patterns that are not really there, and how symbols can take on powerful meanings even if their supposed effects have no scientific basis. The document advocates for critical thinking to avoid being misled by logical fallacies and improbable causal explanations. It does so through a series of short sections with provocative titles discussing topics like vaccines and autism, faith healing, and symbolic medicine.
Magical Thinking
- 1. Magical Thinking Gabe Ortiz @signalnine
- 2. ¡°Magical thinking is the interpreting of two closely occurring events as though one caused the other without any concern for the causal link.¡±
- 3. The Post-Hoc Fallacy Coincidences The Power of Symbols
- 5. post hoc ergo propter hoc correlation is not causation
- 9. coincidences: the law of big numbers
- 10. The world is a pretty big place, sometimes strange things happen. That doesn¡¯t make those events unexplainable.
- 11. FAITH HEALING AND GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICHES
- 12. CONFIRMATION BIAS LOOKING FOR MIRACLES IN ALL THE WRONG PLACES
- 13. We are hardwired to see patterns in everything.
- 15. the power of symbols
- 17. SYMBOLIC MEDICINE AND OTHER GAMES OF CHANCE
- 18. Like cures like. Then, you dilute it until there¡¯s nothing left.
- 19. SAINTS AND BAD TELEVISION
- 20. CRITICAL THINKING. NOT JUST FOR DUDES WITH BEARDS ANYMORE.