98: The Science of Witchcraft

Magic might actually be real according to science... No really! 

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References & Further Reading

What are Witchcraft & Wicca

1. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Wicca
2. https://www.britannica.com/topic/witchcraft/Contemporary-witchcraft
3. https://www.history.com/topics/religion/wicca
4. https://www.livescience.com/amp/39119-myths-about-witches-wiccans.html
5. http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/paganism/subdivisions/wicca.shtml
6. https://wiccaliving.com/beginners-guide-wicca-magic/
7. https://www.vice.com/en/article/a38ekg/i-tried-wiccan-spells-on-myself-for-a-month
8. https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2000/oct/28/weekend7.weekend3

Wicca/Witchcraft & Science

1. https://www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/long-reads/witchcraft-wicca-rise-anti-science-halloween-b1421710.html
2. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3560124/

Optimism Bias & Attention Bias

1. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982211011912
2. https://thedecisionlab.com/biases/optimism-bias/
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20111125061440/http://www.psych.ufl.edu/~shepperd/articles/PsychBelgica2002.pdf
4. https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/09654280110402080/full/html
5. http://www.crossingdialogues.com/Ms-A14-09.pdf
6. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S027273581000019X
7. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4161121/
8. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28780313/
9. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6369522/
10. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:eae25fc5-1644-44f6-8f3c-8f25e5707d22/download_file?file_format=pdf&safe_filename=THESIS01&type_of_work=Thesis
11. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2901130/
12. https://thedecisionlab.com/biases/attentional-bias/

Placebo Effect

1. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24909245/
2. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26272535/
3. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6013051/

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