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Re:Cambridge Analytica: The Data That Turned the World Upsid... by ordu on Wednesday February 01, 2017 @02:03PM (#13543804)
> I literally have to question my own motives for things, and often wonder if I have been manipulated into my beliefs, opinions, and desires.

Its possible to be immune for such manipulaions, I believe. If you subject you thoughts to strict formal rules of rational thinking, than it would be hard to manipulate you.

But the first and most important thing is constant questioning own motives. So you are on the right track. ;)

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Re:Cambridge Analytica: The Data That Turned the World Upsid... by riprowan on Wednesday February 01, 2017 @02:07PM (#13543835)
> If you subject you thoughts to strict formal rules of rational thinking, than it would be hard to manipulate you.

If the brain was fundamentally a linear processor, you might have a chance. But the brain is almost entirely a pattern-machine, and linear, logical thought is mostly an artifact.

Humans can be programmed like any AI. It just requires the correct stimulus.

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Re:Cambridge Analytica: The Data That Turned the World Upsid... by ordu on Thursday February 02, 2017 @11:36AM (#13551828)
I'm not saying that one can be completely rational. I'm saying that you can be much more resistant to mind influencing technologies. Moreover you can be resistant for such a level, that you'll become immune for technologies which targets 95% of population.
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Re:Cambridge Analytica: The Data That Turned the World Upsid... by AnimalMuppet on Wednesday February 01, 2017 @03:05PM (#13544529)
In addition to what riprowan said, if you are perfectly logical and rational, but I can control your input data, I can control your conclusions.
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Re:Cambridge Analytica: The Data That Turned the World Upsid... by ordu on Thursday February 02, 2017 @11:33AM (#13551803)
Really? What you know about my consclusions? How can you check that you control them? By looking at my behaviour? Ha-ha. How you can control them if you have no precise knowledge about them and processes leading to them? Oh... And how can you control my input data, if I'm not reading your ads?
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