The Secret promises we can ‘manifest’ what we want. But if that’s true, why aren’t we all rich and famous?

  • Written by: Peter Strelan, Professor, School of Psychology, University of Adelaide
The Secret promises we can ‘manifest’ what we want. But if that’s true, why aren’t we all rich and famous?Mikhail Nilov/Pexel

Imagine you really wanted something and all you had to do was ask the universe and you would get it. That’d be awesome, right?!

I present this to my students in my first-year Research Methods in Psychology course, in the first session of the semester. Then I ask them what they think.

The first respondent is usually...

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