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Originally Posted by BlackArcher101
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I'm with you BlackArcher. My wife watched the movie as it was lent to her by a friend from work, and the "Law of Attraction" crap was what really pissed me off. Nothing like making a false scientific claim then passing it off as the most "powerful law in the universe". How ridiculous; no law in the universe is more "powerful" than another, as laws are constant throughout the universe. It is true that under certain circumstances the force explained by the law of gravity (as we know it) can exert more
force on matter than forces explained by the law of magnetism, (such as in the vicinity of a black hole) and vice versa; however neither
law is "more powerful" than the other.
On the so called
law of attraction on a trivial level, having a "positive" outlook will probably mean you hang around more positive people, but it does not mean that thinking like a rich person, means wealth and rich people will start to come more to you. You have to work to make it rich, (or at least invest in the right thing at the right time).
If I want to get better at playing and singing the blues, simply thinking I'm as good as Muddy Waters or Howlin' Wolf is not going to make me better; I actually have to practice and work at playing the guitar, blues harp, and singing for many years before I could even come close to that level. However "The Secret" implies the former: I think I am a Blues virtuoso, therefore I am one. Plain garbage
Here is a good article on the "Law of Attraction" from a Philosophy Professor in California which I paraphrased my second paragraph from:
http://www.skepdic.com/lawofattraction.html