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Hypnosis Gets Positive Recognition
An anonymous reader writes to tell us the New York Times is reporting that, despite its negative history, hypnosis is now getting some favorable attention from neuroscientists. From the article: "These extensive feedback circuits mean that consciousness, what people see, hear, feel and believe, is based on what neuroscientists call "top down processing." What you see is not always what you get, because what you see depends on a framework built by experience that stands ready to interpret the raw information - as a flower or a hammer or a face."
Guy: It didn't work, i still think its a crock.
Oh, well I tried
public class null extends java applet { System.out.print ("Tabula Rasa"); }
...Open source is the best solution for everything. I will use open source, O great slashdot ...
ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD!
It works. Really.
Don't think about polar bears!
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<jedi>
There will not come a day when marketers abuse this.
No marketers are abusing this.
No privacy law is required.
</jedi>
Nothing for me to see here. I'll move along.
"Perception is reality. Which is why two people can look at the same facts and come to opposite conclusions. Change the perception, change the reality. A marketer's dream."
*Geeks are getting laid!*
Sorry chief, it doesn't work.
Perhaps the marketing hypnosis also makes people feel good about being hypnotized. Then nobody would care.
sudo killall humans
now I'm thinking about thinking about polar bears!
Until the erstwhile owner of the limb shows up, eh?
Nothing to say here... move along
What does DYI stand for?
Disregard Yesterday's Interests?
Do Yourself In?
Don't Yodel Indoors?
Dagwood Yammers Incessantly?
My other sig is a Porsche!
Experts: We don't believe in hypnosis.
Hypnotists: Yes, you do.
Experts: Okay.
xkcd.com - a webcomic of mathematics, love, and language.
I guess that hypnotic suggestion to never use linebreaks hasn't worn off yet.
Not really what you want to have going on, having urges that some hypnotist installed in your mind, for the rest of your life.
Sorta like playing a Sony CD then?
"I've got more toys than Teruhisa Kitahara."
Anybody try any of the self hypnosis software like Virtual Hypnotist successfully?
Blizzard makes a nice piece of self-hypnosis software. I've seen it work for hours on end--the user just stares trance-like at the screen.
It works too. Some have been known to think they can fly and jump from high places.
... and then there were none