woo

The hippie world & the science world can be reconciled, here's how to do it: 1. Take a break from arguing over mechanism/metaphysical assumptions (HIPPIE: It works because of mystical energy! RATIONALIST: There's no such thing!) 2. Empirically test whether there are... See more

right, so i did not talk about this at all, lemme lay out some stories that seem plausible to me. in more detail, the “minimal but respectful take” here seems to me psychological: that tarot and astrology are two different scaffolds on which to hang intuitive psych reads

@relic_radiation Everyone I've asked to "pretend they can feel energy" can feel it So I think ppl are blocked by either beliefs ("energy isn't real") or just having never paid attention to it, in the same way that some people barely ever use their nose

my go-to definition, that comfortably dismisses much the nonsense that often gets caught up in ‘woo’, is “experiences that cannot be articulated by the part of the mind that can only understand experiences by articulating them”