Added 2023-12-20 19:38:26 +0000 UTC
Good day, everyone! Shall we continue with the Christmas photos? I think so. Did you know that people's belief in magic, pseudoscience and mysticism grows in hard times? I used to guess about it, but I never really thought about it. The demand for fortune-telling and various rituals has been growing a lot lately, but I wonder about other things. Have you thought about the fact that it can be not only harmful but also useful? Of course, you should not carry all your money to a fortune-teller and wait for your destiny. Horoscopes, for example. This is an unusual way to get motivation, because we will certainly want to invest more effort if we believe that the stars in the sky are favorable for us and we will definitely succeed if we work well now. The usual placebo effect but with a motivational effect. Also Some magical things like fortune telling if you try it yourself can be interpreted as reflection. For example it is used in psychology, when a psychologist uses a special deck of cards and you respond with emotions to them because it touches something inside you and it helps to reveal what you may have already forgotten. You can think of many examples when it is useful, but even more examples when it is harmful. If you treat these things as a way of self-discovery or a way of relaxation and you don't spend a lot of money on it and you don't expect a miracle to happen on its own, then I think you're fine. In any case, I think all of you especially long ago sometimes had magical thinking and performed special rituals. Or maybe you made a wish on different holidays? Or maybe you couldn't sleep until you put your feet under the covers? Or maybe you thought you'd be lucky if you jumped a certain number of stairs
