Reverse Psychology for Mind Control

BlithelyIdiot @BlithelyIdiot

If so, Murray succeeded in brainwashing his subjects. He certainly succeeded in brainwashing the Unabomber. @sakaihime

BlithelyIdiot @BlithelyIdiot

...not just the silly ramblings of some kooky college professor. @sakaihime

BlithelyIdiot @BlithelyIdiot

And I imagine that it left them with a desire to prove that the beliefs they brought before their interrogator were the truth... @sakaihime

BlithelyIdiot @BlithelyIdiot

The traumatic experience of this “experiment” left a life-long impression on the people who had to suffer through it. @sakaihime

BlithelyIdiot @BlithelyIdiot

...further. @sakaihime

BlithelyIdiot @BlithelyIdiot

In fact, I would bet that during the interrogation, Murray drugged the Unabomber with something that heightened his anger even... @sakaihime

BlithelyIdiot @BlithelyIdiot

And that was what Murray was counting on in his brainwashing “experiment.” @sakaihime

BlithelyIdiot @BlithelyIdiot

Instead, they will be more likely to return fire and take the opposite position. @sakaihime

BlithelyIdiot @BlithelyIdiot

If you attack someone verbally without cause or justification, there is no chance they will agree with what you are telling them. @sakaihime

BlithelyIdiot @BlithelyIdiot

It was to convince the Unabomber that he was right. @sakaihime

BlithelyIdiot @BlithelyIdiot

...wrong. @sakaihime

BlithelyIdiot @BlithelyIdiot

The reason Murray had the “interrogator” attack the Unabomber and his beliefs was not to convince the Unabomber that he was... @sakaihime

BlithelyIdiot @BlithelyIdiot

Needless to say, this experience was very upsetting for the Unabomber. @sakaihime

BlithelyIdiot @BlithelyIdiot

...the Unabomber and make fun of his “personal philosophy of life.” @sakaihime

BlithelyIdiot @BlithelyIdiot

For stage two of his “experiment,” Murray put the Unabomber into an interrogation room and he had an “interrogator” belittle... @sakaihime

BlithelyIdiot @BlithelyIdiot

but eventually they will probably forget what you said. @sakaihime

BlithelyIdiot @BlithelyIdiot

Because if all you are doing is lecturing people, they may remember what you told them for a while, @sakaihime

BlithelyIdiot @BlithelyIdiot

...classes. @sakaihime

BlithelyIdiot @BlithelyIdiot

To make the Unabomber a full-fledged zealot, Murray would have to do something more than just have the Unabomber attend a few... @sakaihime

BlithelyIdiot @BlithelyIdiot

They were just something he learned over the past year. @sakaihime

BlithelyIdiot @BlithelyIdiot

But at this point, the Unabomber probably didn’t really have a strong attachment to these beliefs. @sakaihime

BlithelyIdiot @BlithelyIdiot

Presumably, this is the philosophy the Unabomber wrote down. @sakaihime

BlithelyIdiot @BlithelyIdiot

At this time, Harvard was indoctrinating its students with an anti-technology outlook on life. @sakaihime

BlithelyIdiot @BlithelyIdiot

...year at Harvard. @sakaihime

BlithelyIdiot @BlithelyIdiot

Presumably, many of participants, for want of something better, wrote down the “philosophy” they learned during their first... @sakaihime