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EPISODE · Aug 15, 2026 · 16 MIN

What is Mental Conditioning?

from Academy of Ideas · host AOI

In this lecture we investigate the phenomenon of brainwashing. We describe the 20th century British psychiatrist William Sargant's ideas regarding how the victim of brainwashing is similar to the religious convert and the therapy patient who undergo 'sudden conversions'. We finish the lecture by looking at how fear can be used as tool for 'mass brainwashing'. For more videos visit our site at http://academyofideas.com --- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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