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"What I tell you three times is true" (Lewis Carroll) Might this formula, or a more sophisticated version of it, Actually determine what we believe to be true?
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"What I tell you three times is true" (Lewis Carroll) Might this formula, or a more sophisticated version of it, Actually determine what we believe to be true? Natasha Bruce Candidate No. 005 Lewis Carroll's belief that what is known by one person, and then told to another three times over, is true, seems to be highlighting our tendency as a human race to accept the truth of repeated data or actions. This is the basic premise for the science of psychology: indoctrination, or propaganda, where words or gestures are used many times over to convert the person into believing what is supposedly perceived as true. This form of manipulation is extremely powerful, finite and ultimately destructive. The results of WWII show the truth of this, as in Hitler's Germany, propaganda of the supremacy of the Aryan race, was a vital element in the state tool of subjugation. For something to be true to...
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