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Re: Subliminal Channels
> > The subliminal movie images story is bunk, urban legend.
>
> No, actually it is very true and scary as hell.
If this were a.f.u I would cry "MOTTO" at this point.
> > Could it be that subliminal information effects have been found to be
> > practically null also?
>
> Could be, but the tachiscope experiment left me feeling that there is a
> lot left unexplained, and much of it at our expense.
Heh. We are dealing with a single `experiment' (not, like,
published or peer-reviewed or anything) in an undisclosed location,
performed by a market researcher trying to sell the "subliminal
projector" in question. Contrast this with follow-up experiments --
which *were* conducted in a scientific fashion -- which found that
the effect of the stimulus varied with its perceptibility, and under
no conditions had the fabled mind-control effect. Yes, the popcorn
story is nifty, but it's totally bogus. I know, I know, all of the
psychologists who got negative results were bribed by General
Motors...
Really, post your views on subliminal advertising to
alt.folklore.urban, with a cross-post to sci.skeptic for good
measure. I dare you. ;-)
Eli [email protected]