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TheAncientGeek comments on Notes on Brainwashing & 'Cults' - Less Wrong Discussion

35 Post author: gwern 13 September 2013 08:49PM

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Comment author: TheAncientGeek 13 May 2014 06:51:56PM 1 point [-]

There's two theories here. One is that brainwashing is a rare and ineffective thing, The other is that accultauration, or whanever is.pervasive and effective and largely unnoticed, and the reason the NRMs aren't too effective is that the standard societal indoctrination is hard to budge.