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Requesting rationalist assistance:
Somebody is talking to me about either advanced physics or magic, and I can't tell which one.
He mentions electron tunneling, superstring theory and quantum mechanics, in explaining why positive thoughts attract positive things, he mentioned a book called The Physics Of Consciousness, something about a quantum level of the brain.
I know there's benefit to thinking positive, but isnt that explained by evolution? I didn't think that quantum mechanics or a universal attraction of things to other things was involved.
Quick heuristic : if someone is trying to relate quantum physics to a topic outside of physics, it's probably (99% ?) bullshit.
(Eliezer's series on QM would fall in the remaining 1%)
So unless you have other independent reasons to believe he isn't full of it, it's probably not worth investigating.