Drat. Can't hear the voices in the video.

Seems that I've developed some strange problem with my audio where I can hear music, sound effects, background noises, but no voices of any sort. I'll work it out, but it's rather vexing, ATM. 


[edit] Ok, got the sound problem sorted out. Now are we going to debate the merits of this video? Or was it simply intended as a friendly "beard tweaking"? [/edit]

The video does pretty well say that all magic thinking is bad, that is a bit like saying all X is bad. whatever X is.

Whereas I do agree with 'all sweeping generalisations' are wrong in some context. There is a lot of magical thinking (to coin his phrase) that causes harm through action and inaction.
This was not intended to tweak your beard. What I do dislike is not being able to say or debate a point in case it may offend someone's religious rights. Nothing should be off the table.
I also fully understand the right to believe in anything, however deluded. And my beliefs may well be more deluded.

I feel you are a good person, Dave. To me that counts more than anything. 

Snowy, I feel the same way about you, and you never have to worry about not being able to discuss or debate anything with me. As far as I'm concerned, there is no table.

by dividing infinite by finite both finites cancel each other out. now your left with two variables I and n, I for indeed and n for no. divide the two variables and one gets a maybe...so the world will never know how many licks it takes to get to the center of a toosieroll pop  

Leave it to us to turn a serious philosophical debate into a celebration of puns and comic references. I love it!

It occurs to me that if Humanity were to abolish all "magical thinking", as the video seems to suggest that we do, We would lose imagination, humor, and above all else, Love. After all, "critical thinking" rejects all of these things along with God, Angels, Bigfoot, and Yuna from Final Fantasy 10, and I don't think I want to live in a world without those.