Can we implant an idea into someone's mind and change the world?
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Good question. Maybe you should ask the millions of advertisers who not only spend millions on ads but millions on product placement and sometimes story direction. Even news media is there to implant ideas. Bottom line there is no other reason for media.
think about it..
all that's ever changed the world has been ideas.
all that's ever changed the world has been ideas.
It's called Inception 
Actually, it's called propaganda.. and yes, it works, and it's been around for several centuries now.
Actually, it's called propaganda.. and yes, it works, and it's been around for several centuries now.
This too.
To answer your question properly. I personally believe it is possible but it depends on a great many variables, the simplest being whether you're male or female.
I studied it in Media last year.
Read some things like this to find out some more specific stuff http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agenda-setting_theory
If you're interested in the subject i recommend:
BBC's The Power Of Nightmares
Douglas Rushkoff's The Persuaders, Merchants of Cool
BBC's The Power Of Nightmares
Douglas Rushkoff's The Persuaders, Merchants of Cool
found this, dont know if its related to the book..
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/persuaders/
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/persuaders/
Well, the short answer to your question is a resounding yes! Really, all you need to do is look at President Obama being elected and the way he ran his last two election campaigns with grassroots campaigns, planting ideas, planting seeds, and a vast, massive media campaign via YouTube, the Internet, social media, and all those forums to inspire and incite those ideas. I'm neither supporting nor opposing Obama. But it's certainly a case study in the power of how ideas and movements can get spread.
All the Best,
Sean
All the Best,
Sean
PT Barnum was a master at making people believe something that wasn't necessarily so.
You can fool some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.
You can fool some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.
Yes. And that is why philosophy and a good education matter so much. You can hear those ideas and then have the ability to sort them out for yourself. Otherwise, you may blindly follow everything you hear. You know, religion being the opiate of the masses and all that...
The lead developer of Quicktime VR was inspired by ST:TN's holodeck.
I know a mechanical engineer who became one because when he saw Aliens as a kid he wanted to build the power loader. Yes, he builds robots.
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But it seems that's not what we're talking about.
The answer to your question is yes, mostly.
"Any Idea at Will." is a bit of a stretch, the recipient of the idea is an uncontrolled variable from the perspective of the film maker. You can't always accurately predict what effect a given "concept" will have at large. Individuals are definitely influenced (some far more easily than others), but what they do with that is informed by who they are in the first place.
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