I think this great video was, actually, somewhat of a parody of the original TM movement, many decades ago.
Be this as it may, the topic at hand is about belief in magic in the broader sense.
Just as an example, Steve Jobs, so the story goes, believed that fruit, and not necessarily green apples, might cure pancreatic cancer.
Magical thinking is all around us.
Sometimes, people feel the need to believe.
But, blind faith is always a killer.
We humans tend to always see reality as we need it to be.
Even Leon Festinger was subject to bias and magical thinking. Probably, he was not unaware of this.
What about you?