Educational Documentary I saw this documentary about how messed up the school systems are, and as an example, they used this algebra teacher that was trying his hardest to get fired. If he got fired, he’d get his full salary and benefits but if he quit, he wouldn’t get squat. So he decided […]
Rearview Brain Strategy
System At The Track A long time ago, long before the internet became popular, I bought this system that would allegedly teach you how to make easy money at the track. The sales letter, an old school, actual letter you’d get in the mail, made this sound like a fantastic system that would allow […]
Invisible Attraction
Candid Camera There was this episode of a hidden camera prank TV show from way back before the Internet, like in the sixties or seventies. A woman had a suitcase, and inside the suitcase was a magnet. And she would ask guys to help her carry the suitcase, but none of the guys […]
Oscillating Desires
Finally Broke Up I have a friend who just broke up with her boyfriend. She’d been wanting to break up with him for a long time, and was always asking my advice, and she finally did it. Now she’s having regrets, and she wanted me to hypnotize her to help forget the things […]
Hypothetical Love Insanity
Professor Love There was this PhD student a few decades ago who had some very controversial ideas about love. His theory was that all love was based on self-hypnosis, and he wanted to prove this for his doctoral thesis. He chose ten women at random, on his campus, and didn’t even tell them […]
The History Erasure Paradox
Hindsight Bias One problem in modern society is hindsight bias. When you rewrite your past to better predict the future. A common metaphor is driving by looking in the rear-view mirror. A much deeper bias is our instinctive, cause-effect generator. This pops in many unexpected and troublesome places. Perplexing Randomness […]
NAWALT – Red vs. Blue Pill
Red Pill Beliefs There are a lot of ideas recently associated with Red Pill. When it comes to male-female relations, a very common idea is that women are very similar. That women are hypergamous and women will always be looking to move up a level, so to speak. The opposite of this […]
Jungian Love Instincts and Fate
Hypnotic Amnesia I had a friend go to this hypnosis show recently. He volunteered to go up on stage. The hypnotist made him forget the number three. And he gave him a post hypnotic suggestion to not remember the number three for three days. He asked his permission before hypnotizing him and he […]
Open Manhole Cover
Tricky Applicant There is this guy a few years ago who wanted to get a job at a very sought after tech company, one of the big tech companies. But he didn’t want to go through the same motions that everyone else did because he would be put in the same pool of applicants as […]
Get Your Ex Back Disaster
Cute Barista Recently there’s been a very cute girl that started working at my coffee shop, one the coffee shops I go to. She seems to be flirtatious with me, but in this situation is always hard to figure out what to do. You never quite know if she’s being flirtatious with you because […]