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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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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@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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When, saw first tweet I assumed your friend was a fundie. Makes no sense for a skeptic. Perfect opportunity to pull a Houdini.
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She's not a sceptic. The other one is. Not a fundie either. Just magical thinking type.
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Now I'm confused, what is the one who freaked out?
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Nominally Christian but with assorted beliefs in all sorts of mystical, pseudoscientific things.
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Eish, OK that makes sense.
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So the kid of the skeptic was just screwing with her? Not very nice, but can see why it might amuse.
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No, the two girls just wanted to play with a Ouija board the sceptic woman's girl had. No-one trying to upset anyone.
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So, silly superstitious parent freaking out over two kids having a bit of harmless fun?
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Well, you are the Stonehenge people...
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