โIf you treat a young man as a thief, he will begin to act uncomfortable around you, which looks to the naked eye much like a young man acting guilty. If a doctor expects the patient to get well, this has some effect on the patient; if the doctor expects the patient to die, this also has an effect. Christian Science practitioners and other "faith-healers" could not remain in business if such self-fulfilling prophecies did not work out significantly often, statistically, in a variety of illnesses, sometimes even very serious illnesses.โ
โ Robert Anton Wilson, Quantum Psychology: How Brain Software Programs You and Your World