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Dorikka comments on Open thread for December 9 - 16, 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 13 December 2013 07:05:27AM 1 point [-]

The next step is TR-0 "bullbaiting" where the partner says things to the indoctrinee to get them to react. This is called finding a person's "buttons". When the person does react, he is told "flunk" and what he did to flunk and then the phrase that got him to react is repeated until the person no longer reacts. This is very effective as a behavior control method to get the person to blank out when someone starts saying negative things about Scientology.

Hm, this actually sounds like it could be useful...

I wonder if it would be valuable to get partway in to Scientology, then quit, just to observe the power of peer pressure, groupthink, and whatnot.

Comment author: Dorikka 13 December 2013 08:52:09PM 1 point [-]

Relevant, in case you hadn't already seen it.