Selling to your brain

steve smyth — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:32:50 GMT

does the marketing formula also apply to 'brain dead'?...most marketing I see seems aimed at such a state of affairs...and...it works!

Selling to your brain

Frank Bhangia, Houston, TX — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:48:06 GMT

This type of marketing has been going on for centuries. Religion itself is a form of neuromarketing. We were sold when we were born. Slaves but don't consider ourself one. Our lives run by few people ( parents, politicians, marketing companies etc) that make all decisions about us without us noticing it. Have fun guys. Let's see how long you guys are able to run this show.

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oddball , Ontario , Canada — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:25:47 GMT

I think this is an update of the old TV sublimal advertising that got banned many years ago , that is why 'Logoing'' came into existance , it is a form of brain washing some what akin to writing a list of needs , the act of recording by writing tends to log those needs more deeply in our 'Short time memory '

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Del;mar Fairchild, Barron, WI — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:45:23 GMT

I always thought the politician already knew how to brain wash us with their spin cycle. Spin the words around until you get so confused you don't know what they are saying.

Thankfully we have a "NO SPIN ZONE" we can count on.

I will use my TAX BONUSES to buy your freedom (2nd amendment freedom) by purchasing a firearm at my local sporting goods store. With that I will wholeheartedly defend the rest so we won't have to listen to the spin from Washington.

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John Toner, Columbia, MD — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 01:52:39 GMT

Love the article, but it begs the question - is the role of government really to 'stimulate' the economy... or to manipulate the population in other ways as well? Bush (for whom I voted twice) was an idiot when he passed the Medicare drug benefit, which will cost trillions. He's an idiot, again, giving $600 checks to people who will pay for seniors' drugs. Why not leave charity to, well, CHARITIES; the market (economy) to, well, the (free) MARKET; and let government be limited to its charter - the Constitution?

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John Toner, Columbia, MD — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 03:38:00 GMT

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wondering in san francisco, california — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:01:15 GMT

You can fool people some of the time ...

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Brian Glanz, Seattle — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:27:41 GMT

Consider alongside Alan's nicely networked points on neuroscience and society: from Reuters March. 2, 2008 and here at MSNBC, "Faulty memory may explain kids' bad grades," and "10 percent of youngsters may have trouble with the brain's ‘storage bin’" at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23435941/

As we learn more about brain functions and abilities, in our understanding we effectively separate these from whole minds or whole people. The current Roman Catholic Pope has, partially in this vein, warned against what he called "the seduction of science."

That's defensive nonsense from Rome whose believers are coming to their senses, but still fair and good warning that in this endeavor we push open questions of will and responsibility. Knowing nothing objective about what makes a person tick lets us understand a person more simply in terms of ethics.

We need to know as much as we can, about as much as we can; but, en route we must mindfully seek greater wisdom and understanding, too. Unlike the Pope who feels there are some things human beings should not know, I would never imply knowing less is better. Many have thought philosophy was dead; I suppose it has been overwhelmed by progress, but that fear of our knowledge will drive us back to it.

With people as decision making voters being marketed to by their government, questions of individual will and scientific, calculated bending of will have profound social import. Alan, you're doing a good service in connecting dots to sketch larger problems -- while the dots are still more and the problems still larger.

BG

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Mary Myers — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 12:28:05 GMT

Science without religion can be materialism. Religion without science can be superstition. Both can coexist in perfect balance.