In which I am frustrated by wishful thinking

[jan_andrea]

There's a discussion going on at The BabyWearer about "The Secret" -- that money-making enterprise that basically says "wishing makes it so".

Argh.

If I hear "If you believe it, it's true for you!" one more time, I will scream. There are things that are objectively true, and objectively false. The world does not rest on the back of a tortise. The sun does not revolve around the earth, and there are no epicycles. The Virgin Mary does not miraculously appear in your grilled cheese to bring you a Sign. Believing these things doesn't make them happen!

I don't know why I bother :P Except that pseudoscience (someone brought up "What the Bleep do We Know" which is full of stupid) and magical thinking make me crazy. The universe is what it is, people! Just thinking about it -- no matter how strong you think your brain is -- doesn't change one damned thing about it! You have to *act*. And if you don't act, then you can't expect anything to change.

But I know, people will believe stupid things no matter how great the evidence to the contrary. Someone, please tell me to unsubscribe from the thread.

Comments

[rudbekia.livejournal.com]

Well, you could do that, only she'd be banned in a hot second. And if she did go in for "The Secret," my world would collapse, too. Oh, there's been a thread dedicated to a similar board there. CG's not participating in it, though.

[jan-andrea.livejournal.com]

The mental image of CG's brains exploding over every single forum of The BabyWearer (which is full of nuts just like me, only moreso) is really entertaining. I've never seen anyone get banned, but they do remove posts if they are too inflammatory.

I should visit TPW sometime. I had a dream about Julie C. a couple of weeks ago.

[rudbekia.livejournal.com]

Julie C. is pregnant now, so yeah, stop by and say hi :)

[jan-andrea.livejournal.com]

Yay!

Not that I have the time most days, but a little couldn't hurt...