Comments on: The Difference Between Being Influenced and Brainwashed http://www.persuasive.net/the-difference-between-being-influenced-and-brainwashed/ The fastest way to learn persuasive communication. Persuasive.net, by AJ Kumar, is a blog about persuasive communication, personal development, NLP, and sales skills Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:44:36 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: snitgard http://www.persuasive.net/the-difference-between-being-influenced-and-brainwashed/comment-page-1/#comment-39515 snitgard Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:42:38 +0000 http://www.persuasive.net/?p=2300#comment-39515 Like your post Kumar, but I personally think that brainwashing is not as clear cut. It is more of a sliding scale. I agree that in military Brainwashing, you will need all 5 things to be present, but only due to the time factor. A well trained interrogation officer can depersonalize most people within 24-48 hours, but this doesn't mean that all brain washing needs to do this. <br><br>Think of Hitler would you call his method highly influential or Brainwashing. What about scientology or even Coca Cola. Why do you think most people "think" that they can't see a movie flick without having a coke and a smile and a bucket of popcorn resting in the lab. <br><br>We are all brainwashed to some extend I think. Realising how much is the tricky part... Like your post Kumar, but I personally think that brainwashing is not as clear cut. It is more of a sliding scale. I agree that in military Brainwashing, you will need all 5 things to be present, but only due to the time factor. A well trained interrogation officer can depersonalize most people within 24-48 hours, but this doesn't mean that all brain washing needs to do this.

Think of Hitler would you call his method highly influential or Brainwashing. What about scientology or even Coca Cola. Why do you think most people “think” that they can't see a movie flick without having a coke and a smile and a bucket of popcorn resting in the lab.

We are all brainwashed to some extend I think. Realising how much is the tricky part…

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