"I am interested in the HOW of your methodology, and my readers would be, too. In layman's terms. What do you look for? Are there other issues ..." - Christine
Tell me more about the 2018 Senate race in Missouri please.
I’m dying to know which side you support and who you’ve tried to sway an opinion of and how you think it made any statistically significant difference.
I would say, being Missouri is full of proudly ignorant untraveled uneducated uncouth empty headed troglodytes, I don’t think that’s a fair bullet point no matter which candidate you supported or which side you tried to dissuade.
Neither. Sometime we just watch. Honestly, we prefer to stay away from US politics unless there is a brand (client) involved or there is some national security aspect to it (say terrorist attack).
The U.S. (State GEC) knew the Missouri attack was coming as did the McCaskill camp. They decided to do nothing. My $0.02 is that the attack did not fit the narrative at the time that Russia was only helping Trump.
When we work for a client, we do what they need. The statistical significants is increased kinetic activity. That can be buying product (actual revenue), voting or not doing something.
Replace -anxiety- in that quote with -uncertainty-. It is science. People want certainty even if that certainty is an illusion (see religion). That is also why the “disinfo” dialogue kills the illusion and destabilizes a society.
Religion is an illusion? There is no free will? Your methodology seems quite Buddhist. Aside from that, neither of those beliefs - because that is what they are - are necessary for the rest of your analysis.
Religion is a belief. Free will is the illusion. You actually don't have the free will to not believe. You must believe in something. I'll put up the piece on the basic human OS, but that leads to belief being a core part of the OS. When beliefs are shared, they are intersubjective and transcend any one human. Intersubjective belief is a larger entity that transcends a human's existence. Whether science creates religion or religion creates science is an issue people debate (See Gerard), but they co-exist because they both arise out of the same fundamental process in the brain relating to belief as a tool to forecast the future.
As for Buddhism, the type of religion/god/belief a country is based around impacts how it functions. The US is very much a Christian-based society. Take the birth of Jesus to an unwed mother with no father at a time when wealth and status were determined by the father's bloodline. Jesus is the antithesis of that system and is based on anyone, even a child with no father, rising to greatness. It instilled empowerment and an internal code of conduct in direct response ot authoritarian rule. The belief is a greater cause is how America was founded. Fantasyland by Andersen is a great read on that history. The US would not exist without belief in a God.
If belief or non-belief in free will changes outcomes - there has to be free will.
In terms of "disinformation" ripping away the mental facade of free will, I can agree as far as this: the purpose of "disinformation" is creating instability in the target's mind. The connection between free will and flat Earth believers is something that will need explaining.
I spoke recently with Dr. Alexandra Stein about undoing social engineering in terms of escaping a cult. She is an international leader on the topic and told me about cognitive techniques called pre-suasion developed to inoculate our minds against indoctrination and toxic persuasion.
While the will can be swayed, or even co-opted, that is very far from "there is no free will." And certainly, the influenced "will" is not permanent.
If belief or non-belief in free will changes outcomes - there has to be free will.
In terms of "disinformation" ripping away the mental facade of free will, I can agree as far as this: the purpose of "disinformation" is creating instability in the target's mind. The connection between free will and flat Earth believers is something that will need explaining.
I spoke recently with Dr. Alexandra Stein about undoing social engineering in terms of escaping a cult. She is an international leader on the topic and told me about cognitive techniques called pre-suasion developed to inoculate our minds against indoctrination and toxic persuasion.
While the will can be swayed, or even co-opted, that is very far from "there is no free will." And certainly, the influenced "will" is not permanent.
Pre-suasion works but it is just advertising or pre-biasing someone. It is an offensive use of the technique. But in that process you aren't making the person aware they are manipulated, but rather pre-manipulating them. That can work in very specific known situations. In larger defensive applications across a multitude of issues and varying facts, the complexity exponentially increases.
It is a technique to prevent getting pulled into a cult. Maybe I am using the wrong word. There are some techniques that inform people of the coercive control process that keeps them from falling prey to a high-control group or relationship.
You are using the term as I understand it. It is all the same technique. Humans follow their belief. A cult is just a new belief or altering one that exists. Pre-suasion is instilling beliefs (self worth) that make it harder to get pulled into the cult (ie the belief state needed). The difference is one of scale and speed. There is basic science underneath all of this. Pre-suasion is a thing. It works. Its real. It is based in science.
IL have a number of experiments in the area. They found a 45 intensive intervention will have an impact for roughly 30 days, if I recall correctly. So those pre-suasions needs to be reinforced or repeated. Now scale that and do it as speed.
Tell me more about the 2018 Senate race in Missouri please.
I’m dying to know which side you support and who you’ve tried to sway an opinion of and how you think it made any statistically significant difference.
I would say, being Missouri is full of proudly ignorant untraveled uneducated uncouth empty headed troglodytes, I don’t think that’s a fair bullet point no matter which candidate you supported or which side you tried to dissuade.
Neither. Sometime we just watch. Honestly, we prefer to stay away from US politics unless there is a brand (client) involved or there is some national security aspect to it (say terrorist attack).
The U.S. (State GEC) knew the Missouri attack was coming as did the McCaskill camp. They decided to do nothing. My $0.02 is that the attack did not fit the narrative at the time that Russia was only helping Trump.
When we work for a client, we do what they need. The statistical significants is increased kinetic activity. That can be buying product (actual revenue), voting or not doing something.
Smart man! Collectively speaking on the body politic, we’re schizophrenic.
Interested in your thoughts on "The Führer Has a Secret Weapon" here:
https://christineaxsmith.substack.com/p/the-fuhrer-has-a-secret-weapon-5fd"
Replace -anxiety- in that quote with -uncertainty-. It is science. People want certainty even if that certainty is an illusion (see religion). That is also why the “disinfo” dialogue kills the illusion and destabilizes a society.
Religion is an illusion? There is no free will? Your methodology seems quite Buddhist. Aside from that, neither of those beliefs - because that is what they are - are necessary for the rest of your analysis.
Religion is a belief. Free will is the illusion. You actually don't have the free will to not believe. You must believe in something. I'll put up the piece on the basic human OS, but that leads to belief being a core part of the OS. When beliefs are shared, they are intersubjective and transcend any one human. Intersubjective belief is a larger entity that transcends a human's existence. Whether science creates religion or religion creates science is an issue people debate (See Gerard), but they co-exist because they both arise out of the same fundamental process in the brain relating to belief as a tool to forecast the future.
As for Buddhism, the type of religion/god/belief a country is based around impacts how it functions. The US is very much a Christian-based society. Take the birth of Jesus to an unwed mother with no father at a time when wealth and status were determined by the father's bloodline. Jesus is the antithesis of that system and is based on anyone, even a child with no father, rising to greatness. It instilled empowerment and an internal code of conduct in direct response ot authoritarian rule. The belief is a greater cause is how America was founded. Fantasyland by Andersen is a great read on that history. The US would not exist without belief in a God.
I get accept that religion is a belief. Cultures have always had cultural structures to answer the reality of impending death for us all.
Plenty of people don't believe.
As to free will being an illusion - I've got to get to work now, so more on that later. (Damn that daylight savings time!)
OK, I can see this is going to be a dialog.
FREE WILL
If belief or non-belief in free will changes outcomes - there has to be free will.
In terms of "disinformation" ripping away the mental facade of free will, I can agree as far as this: the purpose of "disinformation" is creating instability in the target's mind. The connection between free will and flat Earth believers is something that will need explaining.
I spoke recently with Dr. Alexandra Stein about undoing social engineering in terms of escaping a cult. She is an international leader on the topic and told me about cognitive techniques called pre-suasion developed to inoculate our minds against indoctrination and toxic persuasion.
While the will can be swayed, or even co-opted, that is very far from "there is no free will." And certainly, the influenced "will" is not permanent.
OK, I can see this is going to be a dialog.
FREE WILL
If belief or non-belief in free will changes outcomes - there has to be free will.
In terms of "disinformation" ripping away the mental facade of free will, I can agree as far as this: the purpose of "disinformation" is creating instability in the target's mind. The connection between free will and flat Earth believers is something that will need explaining.
I spoke recently with Dr. Alexandra Stein about undoing social engineering in terms of escaping a cult. She is an international leader on the topic and told me about cognitive techniques called pre-suasion developed to inoculate our minds against indoctrination and toxic persuasion.
While the will can be swayed, or even co-opted, that is very far from "there is no free will." And certainly, the influenced "will" is not permanent.
Pre-suasion works but it is just advertising or pre-biasing someone. It is an offensive use of the technique. But in that process you aren't making the person aware they are manipulated, but rather pre-manipulating them. That can work in very specific known situations. In larger defensive applications across a multitude of issues and varying facts, the complexity exponentially increases.
It is a technique to prevent getting pulled into a cult. Maybe I am using the wrong word. There are some techniques that inform people of the coercive control process that keeps them from falling prey to a high-control group or relationship.
You are using the term as I understand it. It is all the same technique. Humans follow their belief. A cult is just a new belief or altering one that exists. Pre-suasion is instilling beliefs (self worth) that make it harder to get pulled into the cult (ie the belief state needed). The difference is one of scale and speed. There is basic science underneath all of this. Pre-suasion is a thing. It works. Its real. It is based in science.
IL have a number of experiments in the area. They found a 45 intensive intervention will have an impact for roughly 30 days, if I recall correctly. So those pre-suasions needs to be reinforced or repeated. Now scale that and do it as speed.
It explains why, after removal from the high-control group for a period of time, that cult beliefs start to end.