How Hucksters Use "Woo" to Control You

What's the big loophole with magical thinking? You are walking around in the universe with a giant sign on your back that says, "Hi, I'm a mark. Manipulate me."

This is a joke I’ve heard more than once. But I can promise you, tons of women (and men!) will actually fall for this.

“Oh yeah, any chick that is all into Burning Man or New Age stuff, every dude knows that if you DM her at 11:11 on Instagram, she’ll reply—that’s how you get into her subconscious of thinking the message means something or the universe i…