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11. Materialists are so myopic. It seems like an issue of control.

Sun Aug 23, 2015, 01:06 PM

Aug 2015

Some people refuse to accept they can be influenced without their consent.

I suppose there're also no such things as the Power of Suggestion and Confirmation Bias.

Who's Minding The Mind:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/31/health/psychology/31subl.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

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How Advertising And Entertainment Shapes Your Subconscious [View all] Ichingcarpenter Aug 2015 OP

Freudian psychology edhopper Aug 2015 #1

This isn't Freudian Ichingcarpenter Aug 2015 #2

No edhopper Aug 2015 #3

Really Your'e not familiar with condition respons Ichingcarpenter Aug 2015 #4

I didn't get to deep into the article edhopper Aug 2015 #5

Materialists are so myopic. It seems like an issue of control. KittyWampus Aug 2015 #11

Of course there is edhopper Aug 2015 #16

LOL says a username on a public forum. Rex Aug 2015 #18

Jungian theories edhopper Aug 2015 #20

Does it back out then go in again? Then out again? and on and on? ret5hd Aug 2015 #7

It's like you're reading my mind. Orrex Aug 2015 #8

Applied nuero science Ichingcarpenter Aug 2015 #10

Thanks. And the business is even more sophisticated now... hunter Aug 2015 #17

That is why they spend millions on R&D. Rex Aug 2015 #19