The Law of Attraction is a Scam

Here’s some basic science to prove exactly why

Nabil Alouani
7 min readJun 23, 2021
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We suck at understanding complicated things and we hate to admit it because it makes us feel stupid. So we come up with simplified explanations like “the earth is the center of the universe” and “we only use 10% of our brains.”

Then, science catches up and replaces our naive assumptions with evidence-backed facts like “the earth revolves around the sun,” and “we’re using 100% of our brains — it’s just that different tasks activate different brain circuits.”

Such updates didn’t happen yet with The Law of Attraction though. Why? The famous law is at the intersection of two areas that remain obscure to our knowledge. We still don’t know much about the mind and even less about the nature of the universe.

So when someone shows up and writes some mystical bullshit about the mind and the universe, people listen. Here’s an example from an author who sold 35 million copies about the very concept I’m about to dismantle.

The Secret [of life] is the Law of Attraction.

Under the Law of Attraction, the complete order of the Universe is determined, including everything that comes into your life and everything that you experience. It does so through the magnetic power of your thoughts.

Nabil Alouani
Nabil Alouani

Written by Nabil Alouani

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Responses (2)

What are your thoughts?

Love all of this, mate — none the least because you’ve explained it in a way I can understand!

Hi Nabil.
I don't know if you are curious and open to listen to arguments that contradict to your beliefs, but I have made thousands of test of the law of attraction during many years and every test gave the same result. The law of attraction (or something similar) exists and works.