Every science is a degenerate habit of thought. Magical thinking is the creative discipline of resisting the lure of that degeneracy. The best way to do that is to convince yourself that science has a general method to it. Methodicity is actually the mark of magical thinking.
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How did I know you were going to “exact opposite” me?


Local maxima is probably my own degenerate habit of thought. 
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No it’s a non-degenerate habit of thought. Optimization is one of the main branches of magical thinking.
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