98: The Science of Witchcraft

Magic might actually be real according to science... No really! 

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References & Further Reading

What are Witchcraft & Wicca https://www.britannica.com/topic/Wicca https://www.britannica.com/topic/witchcraft/Contemporary-witchcraft https://www.history.com/topics/religion/wicca https://www.livescience.com/amp/39119-myths-about-witches-wiccans.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/paganism/subdivisions/wicca.shtml https://wiccaliving.com/beginners-guide-wicca-magic/ https://www.vice.com/en/article/a38ekg/i-tried-wiccan-spells-on-myself-for-a-month https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2000/oct/28/weekend7.weekend3 Wicca/Witchcraft & Science https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/long-reads/witchcraft-wicca-rise-anti-science-halloween-b1421710.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3560124/ Optimism Bias & Attention Bias https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982211011912 https://thedecisionlab.com/biases/optimism-bias/ https://web.archive.org/web/20111125061440/http://www.psych.ufl.edu/~shepperd/articles/PsychBelgica2002.pdf https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/09654280110402080/full/html http://www.crossingdialogues.com/Ms-A14-09.pdf https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S027273581000019X https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4161121/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28780313/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6369522/ https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:eae25fc5-1644-44f6-8f3c-8f25e5707d22/download_file?file_format=pdf&safe_filename=THESIS01&type_of_work=Thesis https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2901130/ https://thedecisionlab.com/biases/attentional-bias/ Placebo Effect https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24909245/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26272535/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6013051/
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