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[-] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 8 points 6 months ago

That’s probably the most sane part about It.

I think they are saying that those Words where chosen specifically because they can subconsciously affect the words users perceptions.

Not magic nor a conspiracy but there is psychological truth that different words with identical meaning can effect us differently.

[-] Dieterlan@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

No, they mean literal magic. I started reading the book, and they're talking about "Dark Magicians" on the first page.

[-] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

For the simple minded its understandable how anyone with psychological knowledge could be confused with magicians.

Just look at fortune tellers and the likes.

Its a perversion of the truth that any sufficiently advanced enough science can only be interpreted as magic. For some, common knowledge seems sufficient enough.

[-] fkn@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Sovcits are true believers in the magic. Anyone smart enough to do as you are suggesting is stealing from the true believers.

[-] sukhmel@programming.dev 1 points 6 months ago

different words with identical meaning can effect us differently

Other than puzzling us when a different word is not known because it stopped being used in that sense in the twelfth century?

I am not sure that there are studies that found anything statistically significant. It's like saying that there are 'selling slogans' when in fact no matter how selling you slogan is, no one will buy if the product is bullshit

[-] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 0 points 6 months ago

An example of what i mean:

Crippled -> handicaped -> disabled -> person with disability.

They all essentially mean exactly the same Thing. They all where the proper terminology at some point in time. But the emotional effect is different.

Also some political examples:

Global-warming and climate-change. Pro-life and anti-abortion

I assume most people are smart enough not to let Terminology cloud judgement but we are talking about the kind of people who read and believe the stuff like in the book above.

[-] AutistoMephisto@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

I mean, anyone who's ever taken Prof. George Lakoff's classes at UC Berkeley is familiar with his famous "Don't think of an elephant" lecture. He tells his students not to think about an elephant, then goes on to describe an elephant in agonizing detail, but under no circumstances are you permitted to picture that elephant in your mind.

[-] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 1 points 6 months ago

I cant even get trough your text without picturing the whole classroom including the elephants in everyones mind.

I am not sure what the idea is but if i was given this assignment i conclude 3 possibilities.

  • the point is that its impossible so i can just give up and laugh at the spectacle.

  • i should grab for my headphones, close my eyes and focus my mind to some place far away

  • run out of the classroom and do something that requires concentration. Random conversation with someone.

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