tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post4831187806903525422..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: Faye Turney and BrainwashingBryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-13712286021124005622007-03-30T21:53:00.000+00:002007-03-30T21:53:00.000+00:00Surely hypnosis is a form of brainwashing? People ...Surely hypnosis is a form of brainwashing? <BR/>People can 'literally' believe they're cats, dogs or almost anything under hypnosis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-35984827270238378402007-03-30T20:13:00.000+00:002007-03-30T20:13:00.000+00:00Surely there is no more potent brainwasher than ro...Surely there is no more potent brainwasher than romantic love?Johnnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12678545794431822288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-27382786578909357102007-03-30T10:05:00.000+00:002007-03-30T10:05:00.000+00:00As ever, Captain, you enlighten. And I take all th...As ever, Captain, you enlighten. And I take all the other points about what is and is not brainwashing. I'm not sure.Bryan Appleyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-14000842671683870852007-03-30T09:40:00.000+00:002007-03-30T09:40:00.000+00:00Certain very crude brainwashing can occur with a d...Certain very crude brainwashing can occur with a degree of success. Many people who confessed to being witches under torture did indeed become convinced of their own guilt. Huxley's fascinating book on the exciting subject of satanic possession in a convent in the age of Richelieu, The Devils of Loudun, treats of how suggestive the human personality can be. In the modern world through the use of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-10532445233063942682007-03-30T08:51:00.000+00:002007-03-30T08:51:00.000+00:00The smoking is aimed at a Muslim TV audience to br...The smoking is aimed at a Muslim TV audience to bring her into disrepute for smoking is 'haram'. You won't catch the female Revolutionary Guards having a puff. Worse luck. Now that they've cut the Navy back to nothing, what do Blair and co propose to do, bearing in mind the non-support of the EU and UN? My own ship is in dry dock.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-66876240974003753612007-03-30T07:58:00.000+00:002007-03-30T07:58:00.000+00:00"But we can't engineer subtle and lasting changes ..."But we can't engineer subtle and lasting changes of attitude, beliefs and character"<BR/><BR/>Au contraire mon ami! One need not look any farther than the College of Law or dare I say the publishing business to see those not to far from the Manchurian Candidate!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com