tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post4738065155345643095..comments2024-03-28T19:56:32.848-05:00Comments on Anecdotal Evidence: `There Is Really No Fear'Patrick Kurphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436175583386298032noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-1004630443853287532017-02-28T23:57:41.285-06:002017-02-28T23:57:41.285-06:00Lots of reliable studies, neurobiological and othe...Lots of reliable studies, neurobiological and otherwise, confirm that those who hold at least a few magical beliefs--not too many, not too few--are healthier, psychologically, than those who hold none. The same is true with remembering and forgetting; it is vital for mental health to forget a lot. Minds too proximate or too remote from reality, require therapy.<br /><br />is there any magical assumption more fabulist than quantum entanglement? Merlin would blush to find anyone believing that protons, light years apart, modify certain properties in response to each other. "You believe what? Why ever?"<br /><br />Few passions are more destructive than fear; it is the most potent form of tyranny, as domestic abusers well know.bachiolatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12046487819414229639noreply@blogger.com