Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Magical Thinking
I'm all in favor of positive thinking - I'm a regular "the glass is half full" kind of guy. Positive thinking certainly beats the alternative - negative thinking. But positive thinking shouldn't be magical thinking.
Australian Rhonda Byrne, author of The Secret (book and DVD) disagrees. Her self-help book not only touts the power of positive thinking, it flatly states that the "law of attraction" can create changes in the physical world. If you want a new house, just think about it and presto! you have a new house.
Byrne mixes standard self-help fare with mumbo jumbo about quantum physics. She believes positive thinking can cure cancer, as well as create wealth (no work required). It's a classic scam: she has a get rich scheme - and she's the one getting rich.
Australian Rhonda Byrne, author of The Secret (book and DVD) disagrees. Her self-help book not only touts the power of positive thinking, it flatly states that the "law of attraction" can create changes in the physical world. If you want a new house, just think about it and presto! you have a new house.
Byrne mixes standard self-help fare with mumbo jumbo about quantum physics. She believes positive thinking can cure cancer, as well as create wealth (no work required). It's a classic scam: she has a get rich scheme - and she's the one getting rich.
