Magical thinking: Is there a plus side? [View all]

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If ever there were children disconnected from reality, the girls would be them: According to the criminal complaint, the two discovered Slender Man on Creepypasta Wiki, a website dedicated to Internet horror stories, and they totally believed he was a real thing. In order to become Slender Man “proxies,” they needed to kill someone. After stabbing Leutner, they headed to the forest, where they believed— à la the Brothers Grimm—that they could hang out happily with Slender Man in his mansion. After they were arrested, one of the girls told police that Slender Man was “a tall, faceless man who preys on children,” who “watches you.” She added, “I’ve never seen him. He’s everywhere.”

One defendant believes in unicorns and says she can communicate with Lord Voldemort and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2015/03/slender_man_defendants_trying_12_year_olds_as_adults_is_illogical_and_barbaric.html

I can't think of a circumstance that might be improved by thinking magically, yet there have been so many tragic consequences.