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Topic started on 26-7-2004 @ 10:52 AM by TheBandit795
I just found an interesting article on how minds of the the average person in the U.S. and around the world are being and have been shaped by the media. It's very interesting.

One name that pop's up again is "Edward L. Bernays". I've read about him elsewhere..

Check it out here: The Doors Of Perception: Why Americans Will Believe Almost Anything

We are the most conditioned, programmed beings the world has ever known. Not only are our thoughts and attitudes continually being shaped and molded; our very awareness of the whole design seems like it is being subtly and inexorably erased.

The doors of our perception are carefully and precisely regulated. Who cares, right?

It is an exhausting and endless task to keep explaining to people how most issues of conventional wisdom are scientifically implanted in the public consciousness by a thousand media clips per day. In an effort to save time, I would like to provide just a little background on the handling of information in this country.

Once the basic principles are illustrated about how our current system of media control arose historically, the reader might be more apt to question any given story in today's news.

If everybody believes something, it's probably wrong. We call that Conventional Wisdom.

In America, conventional wisdom that has mass acceptance is usually contrived: somebody paid for it. Examples:

Pharmaceuticals restore health

Vaccination brings immunity

The cure for cancer is just around the corner

When a child is sick, he needs immediate antibiotics

When a child has a fever he needs Tylenol

Hospitals are safe and clean.

America has the best health care in the world.

And many many more
This is a list of illusions, that have cost billions and billions to conjure up. Did you ever wonder why you never see the President speaking publicly unless he is reading? Or why most people in this country think generally the same about most of the above issues?



reply posted on 27-7-2004 @ 04:41 AM by JAK
A great example of the truth in Slank's post

Another thing that helps is if you can get people into a slightly confused state of mind.


Can be understood through one of the techniques incorported by the 'Mind Control' artist Derren Brown who more cane be learnt about here.

Although some may see his most recent stunts as a slightly below the standard which he initially set, I find it fascinating that all of his 'tricks' are based on manipulation on what the mind percieves. When he first appeared on British TV he stated that all of his 'tricks', some including old victorial parlour tricks, were just manipulation of the subjects mind, and in certain cases went on to explain how specific techniques worked.

Going back to the above quote from Slanks' post, if you follow links through Derren Brown's page you can find yourself here.

Where he states:

If we feel that our brains are being overloaded with information, we panic and start to become confused. In this situation, if we're given a simple instruction, we grasp it like a lifeline. This technique is used in tricks to persuade people to behave in ways that are completely out of character. When commands are issued at the end of a stream of confusing instructions, people are so relieved they can finally understand what's being said that they will do whatever they're told.


Jack
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