Chambers <Ben### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
>
http://www.cracked.com/article/85_6-bullshit-facts-about-psychology-that-everyone-believes_p1

  I wonder why it is so common for people to reverse the direction of
causality in so many things.

  In the example in that page the most probable direction of cause and
consequence is, indeed, that success causes high self-esteem. However,
popular physchology has completely reversed this and claims that high
self-esteem causes success. If you think about it logically, it really
makes more sense in the former than the latter case.

  This happens all the time, in all areas of life. Just as an example,
think about certain countries forcing democracy on other countries in
the hopes that democracy will bring peace to that country. Again, the
causality has been completely reversed here: It's not democracy which
brings peace. It's the other way around. You need peace *first*, and then
you might be able to build a democracy. It doesn't work in the other
direction.

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