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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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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Yeah. Michael Shermer certainly gives a lot of evidence for that.
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@HPluckrose I am currently reading The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Currently on the tale of the Turkey.https://www.amazon.com/Black-Swan-Improbable-Robustness-Fragility/dp/081297381X …
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Logically it can only be dangerous if there's a chance they might contact something. If it's all 'woo' it's just a toy surely
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Yes, that's the problem. One believes in woo. The other doesn't.
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So the one's who expects indignation is the one who does?
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I getcha now. When it comes to woo, my own relationship status is 'it's complicated'
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what is woo?
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Anything mystical & magical thinky that doesn't fall under religion - psychics, crystals, mediums, tarot, divination etc.
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I see. Vimpires, werewolves, spiderman, goths...
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