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Scientist Develop Effective Brainwashing

posted by martyb on Friday May 29 2015, @11:16PM   
from the bias-removal-or-indoctrination? dept.

An Anonymous Coward wrote in with the news that a Sleep study raises hope for clinical treatment of racism, sexism and other biases

When the desired behavior is performed, a sound is played. When the test subjects reach deep sleep, that same sound is played repeatedly. Subjects were then more likely to perform the desired behavior.

The article, "Unlearning implicit social biases during sleep" appears in the journal Science; an abstract and full report are available.

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• Religions.... (Score: 2, Interesting) by anubi on Saturday May 30 2015, @01:52AM

  by anubi (2828) on Saturday May 30 2015, @01:52AM (#189932) Journal

  Doesn't the original brainwashing techniques have their basis in religion?

  The whole thing hinges on salesmanship. Can you get others to drink your kool-aid?

  Will they ignore their own friends if you tell them to?

  The whole idea seemed to be able to sweet-talk people ( leadership skills ) into placing the leader's agenda above their own agenda, even to the point of enforcing "excommunication" - even against their own family - at the behest of the "leader".

  "Leaders" love fancy suits, power-hats, and microphones so they can out-bellow anyone in hearing range.

  Doesn't surprise me one bit they are Pavlov-conditioning people with sounds. People have been using sounds for centuries to control others, whether it be tribal voodoo chants, patriotic anthems, or preachers hyping gospel music.

  We humans seem terribly vulnerable to sound cues.

  The microphone-men know this and use it to their advantage.

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  "Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]

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