good catch bobad. The info war continues. Jeri, What I have been saying is that even critical thinking is not enough. Roughly 20% of critical thinkers can be compromised by a few mental tricks that include repetition, Neural pathway construction in the brain and altered self perception. It does not have to include believing something they should not, it can be simply ignoring or forgetting something. When I say hypnosis you think what that means to you but it means something very different to me from 50,000 hours of observation. I am still discovering things I have believed for a lifetime are actually wrong. I thought E Pluribus Unum meant one of many. There are lots pf humorous examples of this. Not everyone has this humility to seek or find that we are wrong on fundamental things. To come to a belief we must have it ingrained in such a way that we may also exceed or release ourselves from that belief. It is hard to do regarding things we are "sure of". That one thinks it is impossible to forget the number seven or color blue reinforces the ability to selectively forget them in the short run. To change a perception in the long run is basically a repetition game. It is normal to believe critical thinking will protect you from a false POV. Just like it is normal to forget 7 if hypnotized to do so. Truth changes/evolves/grows like a living thing but lies are often static.
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