Tinkerbell effect
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The Tinkerbell effect describes those things that exist only because people believe in them. The effect is named for Tinker Bell, the fairy in the play Peter Pan who is revived from near death by the belief of the audience.
Claimed cases include:
- private property
- monetary system
- the value of a nation's money in a fiat system
- civil society
- the "rule of law"[1]
- deities
- authority
- compulsory education
See also
- Brute fact
- Consensus reality
- Conventional wisdom
- Interdependent origination
- Thomas theorem
- Bokononism
References
- ^ Stewart, Cameron (2004), "The Rule of Law and the Tinkerbell Effect: Theoretical Considerations, Criticisms and Justifications for the Rule of Law" (PDF), Macquarie Law Journal, 4 (7): 135–164.
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