Kevin Karplus wrote:

On 2005-03-29, dragonlady wrote:

Believing in magic is a normal stage of childhood development. At some
point, their understanding of the world changes, and they are able to
separate reality from make believe; exactly what age this ability
emerges varies.

Here in Santa Cruz, I'm not sure that the ability ever develops in a
lot of people. The amount of magical thinking in alternative medicine
and other cultural practices is astounding.

Likely children whose parents presented nothing but the truth
Santa and the bunny forever ruining their ability to discern reality
from presented make believe.