Noun
magical thinking (uncountable)
The attribution of causal or synchronistic relationships between thoughts and actions and events which seemingly cannot be justified by reason and observation.
The natural inclination in all humans is to posit a force, a spirit, outside of us. That tendency toward superstitious magical thinking is just built into our nature. Michael Shermer
The Christian take on Hellfire seems less dramatic than the Muslim vision, which I grew up with, but Christian magical thinking appeals to me no more than my mother's angels and djinns. Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Often you hear stories about never working with children. I disagree because children still have that residual magical thinking. They haven't had their imagination knocked out of them by turning into adults and life experiences. Nicolas Cage