[ale] [Kinda OT] The "TalkMaster", Freedom and Free Software

[rhiannen at atlantacon.org (rhia)]

On Mon, 2012-01-30 at 15:22 -0500, Jim Kinney wrote:
> If one hears "the chair is red" long enough, even though the chair is
> green, it will eventually be perceived to be red. Humans are miserably
> susceptible to most forms of operant conditioning. Read a book by Jacques
> Ellul "Propaganda: the formation of men's attitudes"
> 
> http://www.amazon.com/Propaganda-Formation-Attitudes-Jacques-Ellul/dp/0394718747#_
> 
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Which is a major reason I refuse to listen to such radio talk shows as
Boortz, Limbaugh, Beck, etc or shock jocks such as Imus or Stern and
their ilk.  

In a tiny attempt to make it more list pertinent: Remember GIGO doesn't
Only relate to silicon-based computing. 


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rhia