Oh dear. One of my friends wants my support for her indignation that another mutual friend let their daughters play with a Ouija Board.
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But maybe I'm wrong. Our mutual friend is one of those natural skeptics who just doesn't believe in woo but doesn't argue abt it either.
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Perhaps she should have been more sensitive to the woo-believing tendencies of the other? But she's not. This makes no sense to her.
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I would have been sensitive to it because I have wooish tendencies myself & have to fight them. I envy ppl who are naturally woo-resistant.
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Oh good grief. Do I actually have to have a conversation abt whether one friend has put another's child at risk from ghosts & demons?
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In England, I very rarely hear anyone talking abt God. Psychics, ghosts, pseudoscience, mediums & other woo? Yes. We just switch silliness.
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I think we are largely post-theistic here. I am not sure we'll ever be post-magical-thinking.
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@HPluckrose magical thinking is a heritable trait. You have to train people to deal with it. -
Yeah. Michael Shermer certainly gives a lot of evidence for that.
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LOL, if I didn't know you I'd have assumed outraged friend was a zealous Christian. Funny ;-)
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She's a nominal Christian who takes a pick-and-mix approach to all sorts of mystical &pseudoscience stuff! We still get on. XD
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Hmmm...presented this scenario to my other half and we have a question. How old is the daughter? The freak-out is a bit much
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She's 11.
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Difficult. Also heavily depends on the child. But children have a more blurred view of reality and fantast if that makes sense.
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so I wouldn't do it because I'm a skeptic and want to make sure my kids don't get sucked in. But to make such a fuss seems a bit
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dramatic. I would say it's something to remember for next time. Stuff happens
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Yes. (It’s a shame—they’re great, creepy fun for kids of a certain age. I had one)
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