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Originally Posted by bluedragon  I understand, I know thing like that are done sometimes. More impressive are the live shows, exactly the kind of thing you described with Copperfield. There are really amazing things being done, but I think the NLP and hypnosis stuff is the most troubling (when these are really the techniques that are being employed) - like when a hypnotist makes someone's hand go numb or makes them become terrified for no reason - those things make you question the validity of anything you see. Nothing anyone can prove to you means anything, cause there is always the possibility that they are a mentalist. That's really ♥♥♥**** with my mind right now, cause I want to be a Qigong instructor and I want to believe psychics exist, and LoA works and stuff. |
You're absolutely right. And it's not just "mentalists" who are using this. We are bombarded with it everywhere.
Look at TV media. They have the power to spread false beliefs so easily. When the average American household watches like 40+ hours of TV each week and they are constantly and repetitively being bombarded with "marketing" messages, that sinks right into our minds and we are totally being "programmed".
Think about it this way... have a conversation with someone and ask them some questions about something like (1) elephants (2) Egyptian Pyramids (3) Hitler (4) Jesus (5) Nascar Racing, etc.
People will give you opinions on all kinds of things... yet, they may have never seen an elephant in real life, or the pyramids, nor have they met Hitler or Jesus, or been to a Nascar Racing event.
It's almost like 95% of all of our "understanding" of the world comes from third party biased opinions.