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The desire to believe that one’s hopes and dreams can affect outcome reality. For instance, the belief that “if I really hope for it, it’ll happen for me”. Some of this is influenced by a belief in the supernatural, but it can be attributed to clinging to a childish wistfulness, a primitive rationalizing optimism devoid of logic. 

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