Different forms of mind control have been long studied by psychologists. There are many different opinions on this subject and it is highly debatable. There are many theories on how to control someone's mind.
A subliminal message is a sound or flash of a picture that isn't really picked up by the conscious mind. Advertisers have experimented with this form of mind control in order to sell more products. They are meant to simply implant an idea in you mind. While it did show a slight increase in sells other factors may have been involved.
Hypnosis is very popular as well. They have hypnosis therapy for losing weight and stooping smoking. The research I have seen says these seldom work and it may be more a matter of the persons own self control than a result of the hypnosis.
While it has been shown that some people may do things under hypnosis that they would not normally do other studies have shown that people will do things during experiments for no other reason than they are expected to do so and a person in authority has told them to.
It has been rumored that the government may use techniques such as hypnosis in order to help under cover agents act more convincingly. It has been said that this acts as a sort of split personality. If the person knows and agrees then is this ethical? Do the risks out weigh the potential harmful side effects?
My opinion is that any form of mind control has the potential to be harmful. Even if the person agrees to it before hand they could have sever emotional distress and turmoil from acting in a way they believe to be wrong or immoral.
The brain is still a great mystery to us even with today's modern science. One thing we do know is that the human brain is very complex and I don't think we should tamper with it. - 31857
A subliminal message is a sound or flash of a picture that isn't really picked up by the conscious mind. Advertisers have experimented with this form of mind control in order to sell more products. They are meant to simply implant an idea in you mind. While it did show a slight increase in sells other factors may have been involved.
Hypnosis is very popular as well. They have hypnosis therapy for losing weight and stooping smoking. The research I have seen says these seldom work and it may be more a matter of the persons own self control than a result of the hypnosis.
While it has been shown that some people may do things under hypnosis that they would not normally do other studies have shown that people will do things during experiments for no other reason than they are expected to do so and a person in authority has told them to.
It has been rumored that the government may use techniques such as hypnosis in order to help under cover agents act more convincingly. It has been said that this acts as a sort of split personality. If the person knows and agrees then is this ethical? Do the risks out weigh the potential harmful side effects?
My opinion is that any form of mind control has the potential to be harmful. Even if the person agrees to it before hand they could have sever emotional distress and turmoil from acting in a way they believe to be wrong or immoral.
The brain is still a great mystery to us even with today's modern science. One thing we do know is that the human brain is very complex and I don't think we should tamper with it. - 31857
