tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17424820.post1307090541357320759..comments2019-06-03T22:43:01.943-04:00Comments on walkbside: MagicRalph Milliganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13707140792951160231noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17424820.post-58798222269974763742012-03-12T23:31:45.962-04:002012-03-12T23:31:45.962-04:00Wow! Thanks, Phil! I'm with you--this address...Wow! Thanks, Phil! I'm with you--this addresses material I didn't try to address in this first blog on the subject, but I very much agree. Sheldon Kopp, one of favorite gurus has said, "Escape is not a dirty word. Nobody can face what's happening head-on all the time. The only danger lies in pretending that you're not pretending." But yes, as a species we're very new at this formal thought business . . .Ralph Milliganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13707140792951160231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17424820.post-2980566831977481202012-03-12T19:09:31.962-04:002012-03-12T19:09:31.962-04:00I think the great majority of humans (if not ALL o...I think the great majority of humans (if not ALL of us) engage in magical thinking at least occasionally, and most people still run a good part of their lives by it.<br /><br />I make my best effort to be as rational as possible about everything, but there are times when I might, for example, do some little thing to feel luckier before going out for a motorcycle ride.<br /><br />I think this is natural for humans, due to (a) our hyperdeveloped pattern recognition skills as a species, and (b) that while people have been thinking for hundreds of thousands of years, actual rational thought as a developed process is *far* more recent (2500 years at best, and a good case can be made for only 500 years), so it is not at all surprising to me that it is not near universally practiced yet.<br /><br />These things take time.PhilBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15305969769884254489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17424820.post-79722906927300871642012-03-12T12:41:45.968-04:002012-03-12T12:41:45.968-04:00I'll be interested in hearing more of what you...I'll be interested in hearing more of what you have to say about this. I know I've been guilty of making irrationally informed choices.anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14900362807680333144noreply@blogger.com