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49 Post author: CarlShulman 09 February 2012 07:41AM

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Comment author: lukeprog 09 February 2012 04:49:03PM 38 points [-]

If psychology worked, I would expect marketing firms to use it to make millions of people buy tons of shit that they don't need and that won't make them happy.

Comment author: waveman 09 February 2012 10:18:06PM 8 points [-]

Indeed. Case study of Freud's nephew who basically invented modern PR.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bernays