Do You Believe in Magic?

Justin really needs to stop calling me the second before I push "publish" after I write an extensive entry bitching about him in someway, and somehow completely going against what I wrote about, and THUS placing me in the position to not publish something that holds untruths.

Today, I read an article in the New York TImes about people's beliefs in magic. It was really interesting. Might as well give you the link:

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It attempted to bring light to superstition, and that although we are able, from as early as age 3 years, to differentiate between reality and mysticism, we still hold such "irrational" values towards magic. It is brought up that we as humans overestimate our abilities to control things with our minds (an example would be: focusing your energy on your home team winning the game, only to have them lose, and feeling as though you are somehow responsible for their loss to some extent). And it is because we are constantly so exposed to our own thoughts that they are most prominent to us, and thus we overestimate our mind's connection to the outside world. The article goes on to talk about some of the evolutionary and social implications such beliefs have on individuals and society. By overestimating our abilities to control our world with our wishes, we have a more optimistic view towards life. It was actually a really interesting read.

And somehow, I too often find myself taking coincidence for more than what it is. To me, it can be taken as a "sign." I don't know why I believe in those things, but sometimes... well... simply put .... it's fun. And eerie. When such things happen enough, we begin to wonder what the hell is really going on, because the probabilities of simulataneous occurances seems so small.

It's silly, but the fact that Justin called at that very moment ... when he did, I knew it was him before I even started to reach for my phone across my desk; it had to be. What other person could call and make the moment so ... so perfectly cyclical in nature? I find the whole "optimism" thing to be pretty true. What can I say? It made me not care about stupid things. That in fact represent quite a deal of what I ever want out of life.

Success.