It always struck me how normies always ask if I believed that "Bill Gates put 5G microchips in the vaccine" whenever I express covid skepticism, how uniform this question was.
Recently I learned the phrase "psychological inoculation", an anti-misinformation strategy that involves introducing you to a weakened version of an argument. Is that what's going on here?
ITT discuss general mass mind control / applied behavioral science we've seen over the past few years
>Is that what's going on here? Yes. >Inoculation They are not talking about changing anons' minds. They are talking about anons' minds not changing normies' minds.
Brody Garcia
its called propaganda and is practised since 50.000 years
Zachary Martin
ooo shit never read that one but I know the author is Lieutenant Faggy Eyebrows
>i can, to an extent, control how you think and feeling by controlling your access to information this isn't a new concept. look up how media organizations use this to their advantage. its pretty well documented
Leo Ward
>when memes become reality incredible
Levi King
This is not really an applied behavior science tactic, but the "Motte and Bailey" argumentative tactic has become very popular along with gaslighting. The two often go hand in hand.
See i m not against that if you keep it factual. But if i m very clever i would know that is something that was in its inceptions to do the doe.
Aaron Nelson
>look up how media organizations use this to their advantage Be more specific perhaps?
Brody Ramirez
kek, well-put
Ryan Scott
In a way it is the zeitgeist and the circumstances. We cant defend against that, because the mass influence of idiots and people with vetted interests. In a way it is like a rule 34.
Also Minds of men by Arron and Melissa Dykes is an incredible documentary on the subject.
Chase Peterson
5g chips, drinking piss and bleach, horse paste, these are all attempts to poison the well, to discredit legitimate concerns about the vaccine in much the same way flat earthers ruin any actual discussion of the political aspects of space.
Asher Martin
>Strategic Communication Thanks user. Always nice to learn a new term of art, lots of promising google results from this phrase
it is also easier to have a "if you're not 100% aligned with me you're against me" mentality. i'm not a skeptic but i didn't take it, and they would try the same thing on me
there is no point in discussing anything with those people, specially if you can see through what they are saying