Correct. Unabomber was a genius but brainwashed at age 19.
My friend has two PhDs and is extremely intelligent yet he believes not one bit I tell him how the media is controlled. Then again he has many connections to these people who’ll soon be in GITMO. He will only believe me I take it once they show public executions.
Yep^ this. I just finished my degree in biology and I’ll be damned, the year I finished I realized media/scientific literature/facts are created by the highest bidder. Now I’ve been going down some bat-shit nutty religious rabbit holes and I’m feeling pretty certain I’m finally on the right path. At this point, everything I believe is truly “stranger than fiction”
Mmpi II shows that the mentally ill and higher educated have more defense mechanisms in play. Of course, this was before the mentally ill were recruited to teach in academia.
Healthy use of defense mechanisms to function in your environment is good. Unhealthy use of defense mechanisms to support your rightness is bad.
How do you manipulate someone? Give them what they want. Validation for those who need to be right, hope for those who need to be calmed.
The best anecdote to manipulation is an unwavering commitment to TRUTH.
Education is a euphemism for brainwashed in this context.
Correct. Unabomber was a genius but brainwashed at age 19.
My friend has two PhDs and is extremely intelligent yet he believes not one bit I tell him how the media is controlled. Then again he has many connections to these people who’ll soon be in GITMO. He will only believe me I take it once they show public executions.
Yep^ this. I just finished my degree in biology and I’ll be damned, the year I finished I realized media/scientific literature/facts are created by the highest bidder. Now I’ve been going down some bat-shit nutty religious rabbit holes and I’m feeling pretty certain I’m finally on the right path. At this point, everything I believe is truly “stranger than fiction”
Love your attitude. It’ll take you far in life. Now if you could just talk to my son he is a year away from graduating.
Some seek WISDOM, or how to use knowledge.
We seek understanding and wisdom, not knowledge. I can look that up on the internet, you 'tard. :)
This!
Mmpi II shows that the mentally ill and higher educated have more defense mechanisms in play. Of course, this was before the mentally ill were recruited to teach in academia.
Healthy use of defense mechanisms to function in your environment is good. Unhealthy use of defense mechanisms to support your rightness is bad.
How do you manipulate someone? Give them what they want. Validation for those who need to be right, hope for those who need to be calmed.
The best anecdote to manipulation is an unwavering commitment to TRUTH.
The best anecdote to FEAR is the serenity prayer.