Sentences with phrase «result of magical thinking»

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We think of «eyesight» as this magical thing because it's pretty magical, yet all it is is the result of photons striking chemicals that are in physical structures within the retina and cause a nerve impulse.

The kids really think about the shot they want to take, and the «instant» result of watching the photograph develop in front of their eyes is quite magical.

Part of this has to do with what's called magical thinking, which is the same phenomenon that makes a two - year - old insist on only using a pink spoon (because food won't taste as good with another utensil) or results in her refusing baths since she is quite certain that children can disappear down that drain.

After hooking that trophy marlin in the bountiful deep - water channels of the western Caribbean, you may think that your private charter captain possess magical powers, but his success at finding the best fishing spots won't be a result of supernatural forces, just experience.

Some of them deny it is even warming, others claim anthropogenic global warming (AGW) is a hoax, others claim that there is some magical negative feedback that will result in virtually no warming, others like Lewis cherry pick literature to delude themselves into thinking that climate sensitivity is low, while others are convinced that an ice age is imminent;)

I emphasized that «however spectacular and magical [the tools] may be, [they] are only half of the research equation» as «the human strengths of rhetoric and strategic thinking are needed to give the results shape and bring them to life.»

Of course his is magical thinking and the best results come when each person can own their part and get some motivation to change.