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The Brain, Marketing, Mind Control, and Proselytizing

Here’s a scary story from Newsweek about advertising and the brain.

For example, our brains tend to register frequently heard facts as true, even if they are patently false. As a result, our memories and beliefs are highly malleable and unreliable.

And since proselytizing is really just advertising, it’s no wonder it can be so effective.