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I had a friend who believed in the Law of Attraction. I challenged him on it. He said there was not one piece of evidence I could produce to convinced him it wasn't true. I told him exactly what would constitute evidence of the Law of Attraction. All he had to do was tell me he was manifesting something - anything - and if he manifested it, I would have to consider that as evidence. If he proved he could manifest things consistently, I would be forced to consider the validity of the Law of Attraction.

He outright refused to do so. He would only ever claim to have manifested something retroactively.

I also said, "It is possible that somebody believes something will happen for them, and then it won't happen." His reponse was, well then the person "didn't believe strongly enough."

The point is - the Secret and the Law of Attraction are unfalsifiable claims. Any time you think you've disproved them, the proponents of the theory will just say, "Oh, no, they just didn't believe strong enough."

Not only that, but the writing itself is dogshit.

The reason there are no books disproving the Secret / LoA, is because no competent, self-respecting writer worth his salt would even dignify these delusional charlatans by writing a book-length rebuttal of their asinine quackery.

"You don't become confident by shouting affirmation in the mirror, but by having a stack of undeniable proof that you are who you say you are. Outwork your self doubt." - Alex Hormozi

That's all there is to it. Save yourself from months / years of bullshit cognitive disonnance and mental masturbation. If you want something, put in the fucking work. It's the only way. And there's no guarantees that your work will pay off. That's the gamble, and that's what makes life worth living.

But, whats trips me up tho, is that since there is no way to disprove it possibly could be real. In which case, the only way to confirm its truth would be to continually test it. Initially, like all practices, in the beginning there will be lots of failure, but as mentioned this does not disprove it, because although it is a tough pill to swallow, the "you didn't try hard enough" attitude is essentially a roundabout way of saying that which is said about all other practices, namely that to get better you have to keep practicing. Everyone sucks at riding a bike at first, but that fact doesn't entail that no one can ride a bike; if you are a physically normal human who can't ride a bike, then you could likewise say it's because you haven't tried hard enough.

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If you read this, maybe you'd think more positively, and you'd be less of a vitriolic dejected freak.