Tag Archives: Belief

Breaking magic, breaking wonderland

Magic can be a wonderful thing. In stories. Such as those set in the fictional country called Wonderland. In the 2013-2014 ABC TV series Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, there were three rules of magic [1].

You cannot:

  1. Raise (bring back) the dead
  2. Force someone to love you (make somebody fall in love)
  3. Change the past

But, of course, for fabulists and despots, rules get in the way. Even rules of magic [2]. Let alone the rule of law (or laws of logic & physics). Their desires seek to bend reality. To bring back deprecated tyranical notions, like zombies. To compel us to not believe what we see with our own eyes. And to forget history.

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‘Good’ thinking is hard work – intellectual traits

I had an interesting chat last week with a member at my health club. Not just about sports. At one point, we agreed that not knowing what we don’t know is an issue. He said, “I can tell that you’re a thinker.” [2] Is that unusual?

So, this recent article (below) caught my attention.

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