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Eva's quest

Eva has finished her study. I am leaving her post as an example of the interesting comments made to it. :)

Hello all,

I would like to ask a huge favor from you. I am a senior student at a Hungarian University, and writing my thesis on US popular culture, in which I am interested in the Law of Attraction's effects on the people in the US. Pro and contra. Why is it such a big hit and why does it cause such a great commotion and controversy? As my thesis is about US culture, I need some help from Americans..:)) Please, if you can and you want, take a few minutes and answer these questions for me. Even is in just a few words… it would be a huge, HUUUUUGE help.

So, the questions:

1. How old are you? Male/Female?
2. Where are you from?
3. How have you heard about The Secret? (a friend told you? Seen on Oprah or on Larry King, or elsewhere?)
4. Have you seen the movie?
5. Have you read the book?
6. What do you think, why does the movie and the theory of LOA has such a great impact on so many people? (in a cultural aspect)
7. Why do you think, it causes such a commotion and controversy?
8. Is the LOA useful at all to any area of life? (Which? Why? Why not? )
9. Do you find The Secret dangerous or harmful? Why?
10. Any other thoughts, opinions?

THANK YOU in advance to all of those who spend some time on it!!
Have a wonderful week!

eva

Posted by: Eva | March 26, 2007 at 02:39 AM

Some answers for #9 off the skeptical lunacy site.

All of these brilliant answers came from men age 23 to 26.
2 had not seen the movie and the 1 had seen a smattering free on the net.
That certainly makes them expert to answer this young woman's questions I would say.
By now you should all have a grasp of what skeptical lunacy really means.

9. Yes, because it encourages sloth: It suggests doing nothing but wishing for your goals. It can also be inferred from the LoA that anything you worry about can't be helped because your worry will trigger the unscientific Murphy's Law.

Posted by: Bronze Dog | March 26, 2007 at 08:22 AM

9. Yes, because it promotes sloth and legitimizes blaming the victim. It dismisses outright the atrocities faced by people around the world by claiming that they wished for their condition. And, as I said, it worsens the already terrible state of scientific literacy in this country.

Posted by: Tom Foss | March 26, 2007 at 01:36 PM

9. It is very detrimental to people. Placing blame on victims of crime in particular makes my stomach churn.

Posted by: Rockstar Ryan | March 27, 2007 at 10:42 AM

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