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Scientist Develop Effective Brainwashing

posted by martyb on Friday May 29 2015, @11:16PM   Printer-friendly
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.

[Original Submission - Ed.]

 
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  • (Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 30 2015, @02:59AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 30 2015, @02:59AM (#189960)

    If you do not explain yourself, all that you post are words strung together. A monkey can do that with wooden blocks. Try to be understood or you wont be.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 30 2015, @03:08AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 30 2015, @03:08AM (#189964)

    Try to be understood or you wont be.

    So, if I understand you, what you are saying is that you did not understand the comment "error in premise"? That is rather amusing, because I certainly understand it. And I am rather sure that everyone else here understands it. Do you require assistance? Would you like to lie down, on this soft cushy bed, next to our *beep* machine?

    (The Principle of Charity is to assume that your opponent is making sense and that all failure to comprehend is yours, until your opponent proves that they are not making sense. Just kind of a starting position, but good manners nonetheless.)

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 30 2015, @03:09AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 30 2015, @03:09AM (#189965)

    > If you do not explain yourself, all that you post are words strung together.

    Is it really so difficult to understand that I am saying "you are wrong?"

    OP didn't explain himself either, he just said it as a given. The fact you are bitchin suggests you agree with his unexplained words and disagree with mine.

    Lazy ass.