I knew I should have helped that old lady across the road. There is zero evidence that the number 13 has any property that causes bad luck - of course, it is the superstitious mind that connects that number with bad luck. However, I don’t mind staying on the same floor as long as we call it the 14th floor.Įxplanation: This demonstrates the kind of magical thinking that so many people engage in, that, according to Dilip Rangnekar of Otis Elevators, an estimated 85% of buildings with elevators did not have a floor numbered “13”. I refuse to stay on the 13th floor of any hotel because it is bad luck. Praise the gods!Įxplanation: Suggesting that appealing to the gods for rain via prayer or dance is just the kind of thing crazy enough to get you elected president of the United States, but there is absolutely no logical reason or evidence to support the claim that appealing to the gods will make it rain. Governor issues a proclamation for the people of his state to pray for rain. Magical thinking often causes one to experience irrational fear of performing certain acts or having certain thoughts because they assume a correlation with their acts and threatening calamities.īecause of superstition or magic, event A is causally connected to or correlated with event B.
Description: Making causal connections or correlations between two events not based on logic or evidence, but primarily based on superstition.
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