Tag: magic

Political Illusions

A magician is someone pretends not to have what they have: a trick, a method, a sleight of hand or some sophisticated logical ploy intended to deceive an audience. A charlatan is someone who pretends to have what they do not: competency, knowledge, skill, authority or substantive and sufficient intellect for whatever masquerade they seek […]

Tags Complexity, conflict, fact, facts, history, ideology, leader, leadership, liar, magic, magician, nations, Peace, political, pretence, pretend, truth, war

Psychology

Bad Luck Bamboo and the Magical Indifference of Nature

Post author By G
Post date Apr 5, 2020
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I got myself some lucky bamboo a few weeks ago, just before the scattered tapestry of our world began rapidly unravelling under the weight of a viral pandemic. It makes me wonder about luck – not because I really believe in anything fundamentally magical or, at least, “lucky” but because superstition and unfounded belief are […]

Tags bad luck, belief, cognition, good luck, intelligence, luck, magic, magical, patternculture, superstition