When biology meets ideology: Why transgenderism is rooted in magical thinking
By Brian C. Joondeph, M.D. | Commentary, American Thinker
Magical thinking, according to Google’s AI overview, “is a cognitive distortion where a person believes their thoughts, wishes, or actions can directly influence external events, often without a logical connection.”
It’s also known as superstitious thinking.
We all see it in children when they knock on wood to invite good luck or when they worry about stepping on a crack. Athletes wear the same socks during games because they believe it helps them win. For kids, magical thinking is a way to handle a complicated and confusing world. But when it continues into adulthood, clinicians classify it as a psychiatric disorder.
Schizophrenia, for example, is defined by the ICD-10 medical codebook as a disorder ...