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November 21, 2021 by Jeffrey Kaye Screenshot from CIA pamphlet, “Baptism by Fire” In this article, CIA mind-control programs are linked to experiments on returning Korean War POWs. Also revealed is the extent to which CIA officials from Projects Bluebird, Artichoke and
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Spoiler Alert: This article contains mild spoilers for Netflix’s Hypnotic. Have you ever gone to see a hypnotist live and thought to yourself, “I can’t be hypnotized,” only to be told after the show that you were on stage acting
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Netflix’s ‘Hypnotic’ is a psychological thriller that follows a woman’s sinister brush with hypnotherapy. On her friend’s recommendation, Jenn decides to attend a few sessions with Dr. Meade, only to then find herself losing grip on reality. Apart from the
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Project MKUltra is one of the most shocking projects conducted by the CIA, investigating everything from withstanding torture (by… torturing people) to creating mind-control drugs to use on the Soviets. One of the more bizarre offshoots of the 1950s project was Operation Midnight Climax.
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By Dina Temple-Raston, Dark Persuasion A History of Brainwashing From Pavlov to Social Media By Joel E. Dimsdale Yale. 284 pp. $28 U.S. marshals escort Patricia Hearst from the Federal Building in San Francisco on Feb. 3, 1976, during jury
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The ability to separate truths from falsehoods has long evaded humanity: We’re prone to lying when it behooves us, and we do a poor job of recognizing when we’re the ones being lied to. Even police officers and other specialists
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From 9/11 to US troops’ withdrawal: what 20 years of American presence have done to Afghanistan 18 September 2021 15:00 Reading time: 4 mins On September 18, 1947, the Central Intelligence Agency, one of the most controversial modern institutions, was
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In the winter of 1960, Martin Orne, remembered as one of the 20th century’s greatest psychologists, touched down in Sydney. The American professor was due to begin a three-month sabbatical at the University of Sydney, attracted by its world-renowned psychology
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