Watch The Hemlock Socrates was famous for proving that everything anybody knew was false. He would create rapport, and then carefully ask targeted questions to get more and more information about the beliefs of his conversational partner. It wouldn’t take long for him to extract enough ideas from their brains that they could […]
Thought Cancellation Pattern
Middle Age Genius One of the more interesting ideas that happened between the early and high middle ages was the idea of scholasticism. Before, they only had monasticism. Which meant focusing only on one set of ideas. Back then, these were ideas about God and society and the teachings of the Catholic […]
Sex Beliefs and Social Status
Young Anthropologist There was this young female anthropologist during Victorian England that went on an expedition by herself to some island in the South Seas to study the people that lived in the South Seas. The people that lived in the South Seas had dealt with British people before and they could sort of […]
Unthinkable Thoughts – Unspeakable Things
Lenny Bruce Lenny Bruce was a very famous comedian way back in the day. He was famous for being somebody that pushed the limits of what you are allowed to say in public. In fact he was famous for getting arrested for saying and doing things that you were allowed to say and do in […]
CIA Interrogation Seduction
About To Sleep The other night I was at home I was getting ready to go to sleep. I usually go to sleep pretty early because I do a lot of writing. I write best early in the morning and to write good early in the morning. I need to have a clear head. […]
How To Covertly Leverage Emotions For Powerful Persuasion
There’s two ways to get your point across. Directly, and indirectly. Most of us think we need to use direct, logical methods. Explain the reasoning behind our ideas, so our listeners or readers will “see the light,” or “come to an understanding,” as if only we can see the “truth.” The real truth is that […]
The Easiest Way To Sell Anything To Anybody
A lot of people are in sales these days. Unfortunately, most of us don’t realize it. Just because you aren’t out there, knocking on doors, or cold calling customers, the persuasiveness of your language will have a dramatic impact on how successful you are. Especially with economy swirling down the toilet, more and more people […]