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Encyclopedia: Wishful thinking

Wishful thinking is the formation of beliefs and making decisions according to what might be pleasing to imagine instead of by appealing to evidence or rationality.

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How to say "Wishful thinking" in other languages:

	(German)	Wunsch#Wunschdenken
	(French)	Pensée magique

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Therac 25

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Breakthrough Propulsion Physics Program

wishful thinking. Some examples include the Diametric drive, the Pitch drive, the Bias drive, the...

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Positive outcome bias

to wishful thinking. "Positive" in this sense means "good" as opposed to "bad" feelings...

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Appeal to emotion

Appeal to spite Wishful thinking Related fallacies Many other fallacies often, but not necessarily...

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Propaganda (band)

acclaim, but the group members had lost faith in ZTT, and 1986's remix album Wishful Thinking was...) Wishful Thinking (1986) 1234 (1990... reached the UK Top 30. The group, now minus Thein, set about recording their debut album A Secret Wish...

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Appeal to consequences

: wishful thinking appeal to fear argumentum ad hominem circumstantial form... examples: "You cannot believe that water companies should belong to the public. Think of all the utility...

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Epistemic virtue

gullibility obtuseness self-deception superficiality of thought superstition willful naivete wishful thinking Note that in this context curiosity bears the medieval connotation of attraction to unwholesome...

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Positive outcome bias (prediction)

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Self-serving bias

simply be a form of wishful thinking. Group-serving bias is a similar bias on the group level. Dale...

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A Ghost is Born

to Abbey Road and Layla . Best Tracks: "At Least That's What You Said" and "Wishful Thinking". [1...". Best tracks: "Less than you Think", "Spiders (Kidsmoke)" "Company in My Back", "Wishful Thinking". [3... of Bees" (4:56) "Hummingbird" (3:11) "Handshake Drugs" (6:07) "Wishful Thinking" (4:41) "Company in...

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