Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id OAA08346 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Tue, 20 Jun 2000 14:50:16 +0100 Subject: RE: Cons and Facades - more on truth Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 09:47:23 -0400 x-sender: wsmith1@camail2.harvard.edu x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0v3, Claritas est veritas From: "Wade T.Smith" <wade_smith@harvard.edu> To: "memetics list" <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Message-ID: <20000620134800.AAA1824@camailp.harvard.edu@[128.103.125.215]> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On 06/20/00 09:43, Chris Lofting said this-
>Have a look at some of the NLP material (NeuroLinguistic Programming). Much
>has been dressed up in some fancy terms but the basics are valid, i.e. use
>of representations systems based on sensory biases (vision, audition,
>kinesthetics, gustatory, olfactory -- all analogue based) and the a-to-d
>conversion to language. Establishing rapport and creating a slight trance
>state and then delivering the message. Advertising companies, sales teams,
>and political groups are getting into this.
>
>Different persona types will respond in different ways but these can be
>mapped and so we can create algorithms used to target a persona group or an
>individual without their knowing or permission.
>
>The system 'works' since they use the layering of dichotomisations and that
>sets off resonances 'in here'. Most have no idea what they are dealing
>with -- unfortunate but then the attitude is 'who cares, we are making
>money!'. They are into the expression rather than what is behind that
>expression, which is what memetics is about.
>
>Some of the material is dangerous in that I can easily send someone home
>with mental 'gun' if I am not careful about how I do things.
Could you supply any referential material to get me to accept this as
anything other than a specious claim of ego-biased influence-peddling?
Like, showing me the smoking gun...?
- Wade
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