She was talking about the kind of magical thinking that says "If you think positive, bad stuff won't happen" (Which can get into "Bad things only happen to people who somehow deserved it", as well as to her example of "if you'd just think positive and *really* try, your cancer will go away"), or "Just because I want it, it will happen."
Positive thinking is good. magical thinking... is positive thinking taken beyond sense.
no subject
Positive thinking is good. magical thinking... is positive thinking taken beyond sense.