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Look, I enjoy Friendship is Magic too, but I think you may be suffering from a halo effect. Rationality is great, and this cartoon is great, but that doesn't mean the two have anything to do with each other.
Can we rename the Halo Effect to the Pony Effect?
And when someone exhibits this behavior toward something we can refer to that thing as their Little Pony?
I probably do suffer halo effects related to it, however I don't think it's connection to rationality is caused by that since it's one of the main reasons I got interested in the show in the first place. Halo effects don't tend to cause the MAIN thing you like about somehting since it's a bleedover from such main things to more minor things.
The closest thing to what you describe that might be the case is halo effect from what it's trying to teach to how pedagogically it teaches it, but I wouldn't bet on that either.
I watched 3 episodes or so, and while it was amusing & better than expected, not once did I think 'ooh that would make a good example for a LW article!' Count me in on the halo effect explanation.