People tend to be more moved by magic than by knowledge. Why does non-rational prophecy ever win out over rational prediction? One reason: knowledge is hard, and individuals have only bits and pieces of it. Another reason: success in our actions is not guaranteed by knowledge. Chance and randomness play a role in life. There’s logic, but there’s also luck. We discuss some of Project Drawdown’s highest-impact solutions (examples of rational predictions) and do some math on the fuel cost of gasoline vs. electric vehicles (spoiler alert: go electric if you can). Our word of the week is “reason”.