[swyx]

(author here)

one of my favorite classes at Wharton was Richard Shell's the Literature of Success (https://apps.wharton.upenn.edu/syllabi/2016A/LGST227001/) where we, no joke, studied The Secret as a way to understand the "Think and Grow Rich"/manifestation philosophy of success

my favorite joke of his about the topic is "when two sports teams compete against one another, if both manifest their desire really hard, only one can win"

[gesman]

Or both win :)

Welcome to the world of parallel realities which is beyond the scope of this thread.

[passion__desire]

Depends on the amplitudes of the possible parallel realities. Yes many worlds predict each possible world to exist but amplitudes matter as well.