I think the differences between what we're saying can be easily summed up by this passage in Scott's article:
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The best way to think of hypnosis is on a continuum of methods for influencing people. On the extreme side of the continuum you would have outright brainwashing of the sort where a kidnapped person begins to sympathize with the kidnappers, or a new recruit is drawn into a cult.
On the opposite end of the influence scale we have the legal and widespread practices of advertising and marketing. You practice a little bit of marketing every time you get dressed. We are all in the business of influencing people.
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If not, that's what I mean, and he says it more artfully than I have.