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Mind Reading 2.0: The Double Standard

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I Like the Race Car Better Than the S Ou V

Psychologists call this the fundamental attribution error. It involves putting, we too much weight on what's going on inside our heads. If i'm late for a meeting, my mind is chalk full with all the reasons i'm late. But if some one else is late  it's easy for me to think of them as just being irresponsible or careless. Magical thinking involves the that our thoughts could somehow influence the world around us. For example, if i think ill thoughts about you, can that give you a headache? Or if i think positive thoughts about my favourite player on the team, will that help them score a goal? And we found the same thing with basketball. We're basically

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