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| − | The term was popularized by seminars of Gestalt psychologist [[Fritz Perls]] at [[Esalen Institute]] | + | The term was popularized by seminars of Gestalt psychologist [[Fritz Perls]] at [[Esalen Institute]], meaning roughly to lead someone by the nose, derail or suck people involved into a side issue by use of pretending or deceiving others. |
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| + | Introduced by the [[subculture]] of [[parody religions]], i.e the [[Church of the SubGenuis]] and [[Discordianism]], [[Operation Mindfuck]] is an important practice in the Discordian religion, in which "all national calamities, assassinations, or conspiracies" are publicly attributed to the [[Bavarian Illuminati]], in an attempt to "sow the culture with [[paranoia]]," as well as to highlight the absurdity of conspiracy theories - which is a rather accurate description of what the [[CIA]] proposed in its (now public) report [[Countering Criticism of the Warren Report]], where the infamous meme "conspiracy theory" was introduced to derail a serious discussion of the [[JFK/assassination]] by questioning the sanity of researchers. | ||
Revision as of 15:01, 25 September 2021
 Mind fucking(crazy-making behavior, Deception)   | |
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| Mind fucking, or crazy-making behaviors are techniques designed to disrupt people's normal mode of rational thinking |
Mind fucking, or crazy-making behaviors are techniques designed to disrupt people's normal mode of rational thinking.
It might be part of PR campaigns, Brainwashing or any other deception.
Effects on targets may range from confusion, regression (help seeking behavior as intended in strategy of tension-like manipulations) to temporary psychosis as in "hard" forms of Mind Control, i.e. torture based mind control as practiced by cults and in offshore black sites.
Phobia induction might be part of Mind fucking.
Trivia
The term was popularized by seminars of Gestalt psychologist Fritz Perls at Esalen Institute, meaning roughly to lead someone by the nose, derail or suck people involved into a side issue by use of pretending or deceiving others.
Introduced by the subculture of parody religions, i.e the Church of the SubGenuis and Discordianism, Operation Mindfuck is an important practice in the Discordian religion, in which "all national calamities, assassinations, or conspiracies" are publicly attributed to the Bavarian Illuminati, in an attempt to "sow the culture with paranoia," as well as to highlight the absurdity of conspiracy theories - which is a rather accurate description of what the CIA proposed in its (now public) report Countering Criticism of the Warren Report, where the infamous meme "conspiracy theory" was introduced to derail a serious discussion of the JFK/assassination by questioning the sanity of researchers.
An example
| Page name | Description |
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| "Conspiracy theory" | An enemy image used to equate scepticism of government with craziness. It was developed by the CIA to try to contain doubt about the FBI's "Oswald did it, case closed" approach to the JFK assassination. It is now being associated with dangerous and violent insanity, in an effort to promote internet censorship of free speech. |
Related Document
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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| File:Searles TheEffortToDriveTheOtherPersonCrazy.pdf | paper | 1959 | H.F. Searles | Peer reviewed paper on crazy making behaviors |
