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Magical thinking

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…

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Magical thinking → belief that one's thoughts by themselves can bring about effects in the world or that thinking something corresponds with doing it, symbolic approach, type of fallacious thinking and is a common source of invalid causal inferences
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Magical thinking → People, Quasi-magical

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Magical thinkingis atype of fallacious thinking and is a common source of invalid causal inferences0.90text
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OCDinstance ofThis can cause unusual behavior in extreme cases reminiscent of symptoms of mental illnesses0.80text
psychosis.The average case of magical thinking takes the form of manifesting a dream lifeinstance ofThis can cause unusual behavior in extreme cases reminiscent of symptoms of mental illnesses0.80text
or superstitious beliefs such as the unlucky number 13instance ofThis can cause unusual behavior in extreme cases reminiscent of symptoms of mental illnesses0.80text
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