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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 30 2015, @05:41AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 30 2015, @05:41AM (#189993)

    However re-programming -may- be more humane than the death sentence

    "Humane" isn't relative, either you are acting out of compassion or you aren't.

    It might be reasonable to consider that we 'punish' serious violent offenders; or sex offenders etc this way.

    And terrorists. And murderers. And thieves. And dissidents. And wrong-thinkers.

    Remember when it was only okay to snoop on enemies of the state? Remember when ordinary people didn't lose their basic rights without due process? Remember when you couldn't be kicked off your plane 5 minutes before flight because some GODDAMN ALGORITHM decided you're a terrorist? Remember when innocent people didn't have to fear heavier sentences if they had the audacity to defend themselves in court? Remember when police officers wouldn't dogpile and torture non-violent unarmed scrawny teenagers in front of a camera [youtube.com] and get away with it?