#Fascism runs on #ignorance and #magicalThinking
The upside- if there is one - might be that science doesn't stop just because the #Fascist #Theofascist #Oligarchy defunds it.
They tried/convicted Galileo for heresy - and he lived out his life under house arrest- but the earth is still orbiting the sun, not the other way around..
But wow, it sure is depressing to face retiring into the dark ages instead of the enlightenment...
People take actions that are bad for the rest of us; and when one takes that action and extrapolates some uncontrollable characteristic of that person (e.g., hair color) to be the root cause/marker for the bad action, and then uses it as a proxy for the bad act and then calls those people evil...
congrats, they've fucked up and broke society by being a lazy bigot.
Oh man. THIS.
#Religion spoils every human relationship.
#Brainwashing
#magicalThinking
All the isms
#sexism #Patriarchy #Racism #Narcissism
#Colonialism #Jingoism #Isolationism
“The Rule of Idiots”
by Chris Hedges in The Chris Hedges Report on Substack
“In the last days of all empires the idiots take over. They mirror the collective stupidity of a civilization that has detached itself from reality”
https://open.substack.com/pub/chrishedges/p/the-rule-of-idiots
The Most Absurd #Beliefs People Actually Follow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1DI5yN2B_8
#Atheism #ReligiousHistory #Philosophy
Why do so many people still cling to beliefs that defy #logic, #evidence, and basic #commonsense?
In this video, we dive deep into some of the most #bizarre, #irrational, and downright #absurd beliefs that millions around the world still take seriously — from ancient #superstitions and #magicalthinking to modern-day #religiousdoctrines that contradict #reality.
I realized I didn't wear #yubikey on chain on my neck for 8 days (because of circumstances). And this is absolutely record for me, it was never so long until now!
Does it mean I have a problem? 
I have it on me now. I couldn't feel so... naked? without armor? anymore.
Overwhelming positive response to anthropomorphizing natural phenomena; heavily implying sentience to atoms, electrons, the universe.
While this obviously helps many people comprehend high-level observations, it is also highly misrepresentative of the underlying nature of reality.
This is how we get religion.
#science #sciencecommunication #physics #education #magicalthinking
Short but sweet bit of #ScienceJournalism.
Magical thinking: it's either all-in or... Poof! The magic vanishes. This is why #MagicalThinking can turn violent, I suppose. All -must- believe lest cognitive dissonance becomes painful.
"In a 2013 paper, Fulcheri suggested some saints, interred in many-layered arrangements (a coffin inside a sarcophagus inside a cold stone tomb), might have been “confined in a particular microclimate” hostile to putrefying microbes."
https://www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-magazine/incorrect-relics-why-some-corpses-dont-decompose/
*Must read* & please boost
“The Mafia State”
by Chris Hedges in The Chris Hedges Report on Substack
@UKLabour take note!
“The mafia state cannot be reformed. We must organize to break our chains, one-by-one, to use the power of the strike to cripple the state machinery”
https://open.substack.com/pub/chrishedges/p/the-mafia-state?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios
Wonderful explanation how the brain's structure and #magicalthinking made the success of
#AI and #LLMs possible (among many other things)
https://media.ccc.de/v/38c3-sacrificing-chickens-properly-why-magical-thinking-is-both-the-problem-and-the-solution
And this happened... I accidentally left my #yubikey (this one on dogtag chain I always had on me) in friend's house 
Now I really feel naked or like I sudenly lost my weapon or my "magic powers". Have to take it back soon because it's very uncomfortable even if technically I have enough backup configurations to use other #yubikeys to access my things (all my devices/accounts are strongly dependent on yubikeys so I made good backups from the beginning).
Uh-oh.
"Karataş and Cutright (1) present eight experiments (N = 2,462) suggesting that “God salience” (i.e., thinking about God) increases people’s willingness to rely on guidance from AI. The authors claim a consistent effect across decision domains and additionally report that these effects emerge for religious believers and nonbelievers alike."
https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2402315121#body-ref-r1
Ridicoulus arguments like #AI will create the documents for the #nuclearpowerplants or detect how to build #nuclearfusion are #magicalThinking are mentioned often to overwhelm the public audience and occupy the discussion
Some time ago I watched low budget horror movie. Not very mainstream one, I don't even remember title yet. Main character involuntarily became kind of undead and had to wear some magic #amulet. When she was taking it off, she was closer to afterlife dimension and eventually really dead, even if in reversible way.
Currently I feel in similar way after 5 years of wearing one of my #Yubikeys on my neck on dogtag chain. I have it on me really most of time, also when I sleep (not when I wash myself, it would be inconvenient even if it's waterproof). Sometimes I take it off, even for few hours (very rarely) but then it is always few meters from me. And then I feel like I lose connection with some "higher force", source of my "special powers" (or source of my identity? my soul?) or something and it's rather uncomfortable.
So it seems like cryptography and privacy obsession turned me into a #lich 
No details.
No budget.
No costings.
No consultation with communities.
No support from business or industry.
No support from states and territories.
No experience or expertise in Australia.
No existing place to store the nuclear waste.
No viable small modular reactors in existence.
No plan on where nuclear waste will be stored.
No legislative support at commonwealth or state level.
No geological surveys or environmental impact statements.
No information on how much electricity would be produced.
No forecasts on how much the electricity produced will cost.
No information on supply chain resilience and maintenance integrity.
No information on emergency management, hazard mitigation or security.
No meaningful action on climate change while the nuclear plants are being built.
No information on how much the nuclear industry will be subsidised by government.
IF YOU DONT KNOW, VOTE NO
#auspol #MagicalThinking #ifyoudontknowvoteno #nuclear #nuclearenergy #nuclearpower
@TomSullivan 
The "strong prophetic and prosperity beliefs" attributed to Trump's followers are commonly referred to in English as "magical thinking."
That's how we got a political movement made up of the most delusional and willfully ignorant people on the planet.
#Politics, #MagicalThinking, #Trumpists, ##WillfulIgnorance, #TheBlindLeadingTheBlind, #TuckersBalls
Having a Supreme Court Justice who obviously engages in Magical Thinking is dangerous! The SCOTUS is now stacked with them, leaving secular values in the USA in danger. ACB was, and remains, indoctrinated: https://www.alternet.org/amp/amy-coney-barrett-2667112459-2667112459 #SCOTUS #magicalthinking #cult #USA #catholic
Well I am using #magicalThinking as a way to describe the non-rational, circular logic used by theists to defend their 'faith', which is really more accurately termed 'superstition'.
Belief in things unseen is 'religious belief/faith' when held by ones own cult. These same beliefs are 'superstition' when held by others.
That seems to be the working differentiator.
