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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: 3, Insightful) by Gravis on Saturday May 30 2015, @03:35AM

    by Gravis (4596) on Saturday May 30 2015, @03:35AM (#189974)

    The question is, as always, "Who gets to define normal?"

    quite literally, statistics determine what is normal.

    The idea that we can or should 'fix' the way people think seriously violates my sense of what is ethical.

    you know, i hear they can fix that for you now. ;)

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 30 2015, @05:21AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 30 2015, @05:21AM (#189991)

    quite literally, statistics determine what is normal.

    That's not the "normal" that people often talk about. Many times, people will call others abnormal as an insult. Being gay is 'not normal' and therefore is 'bad' to some people.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 30 2015, @08:41AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 30 2015, @08:41AM (#190030)

      It is also not normal statistically.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 30 2015, @10:04AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 30 2015, @10:04AM (#190049)

        Yes, but you're using a different definition of the word "normal" than the one that is actually under discussion, making your reply off-topic.

  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Thexalon on Saturday May 30 2015, @03:16PM

    by Thexalon (636) on Saturday May 30 2015, @03:16PM (#190122)

    quite literally, statistics determine what is normal.

    No, statistics measure what is normal. They no more define what is normal than a thermometer decides what temperature it is.

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