Social Engineering and Gnostic agenda to control your mind Emotional states can be transferred to others via emotional contagion, leading people to experience the same emotions without their awareness. Emotional contagion is well established in laboratory experiments, with people transferring positive and negative emotions to others. Data from a large real-world social network, collected over a 20-y period suggests that longer-lasting moods (e.g., depression, happiness) can be transferred through networks [Fowler JH, Christakis NA (2008) BMJ 337:a2338], although the results are controversial. In an experiment with people who use Facebook, we test whether emotional contagion occurs outside of in-person interaction between individuals by reducing the amount of emotional content in the News Feed. When positive expressions were reduced, people produced fewer positive posts and more negative posts; when negative expressions were reduced, the opposite pattern occurred. These results indicate that emotions expressed by others on Facebook influence our own emotions, constituting experimental evidence for massive-scale contagion via social networks. This work also suggests that, in contrast to prevailing assumptions, in-person interaction and nonverbal cues are not strictly necessary for emotional contagion, and that the observation of others’ positive experiences constitutes a positive experience for people. pnas.org/content/111/24/8788.full Phillip has studied philosophy, political science, journalism, theatre, religion, and classic literature. In 1999, Phillip earned an Associate degree of Arts and Science. In 2006, he earned a bachelors degree with a major in communication studies and liberal studies along with a minor in philosophy. He has also written articles for Paranoia Magazine, MKzine, News With Views, B.I.P.E.D.: The Official Website of Darwinian Dissent and Conspiracy Archive. A comprehensive collection of Phillips work can be read at: conspiracyarchive He co-authored the ACL Report concerning the social sciences and psychological warfare (on-line subscription). He recently completed a collection of short stories, poetry, and prose entitled Expansive Thoughts. Readers can learn more here: ExpansiveThoughts thebyteshow/Audio/Collins/PhillipDCollins_SocialControl_TBS.mp3 thebyteshow/Audio/Collins/PhillipDCollins_SocialControl_TBS.mp3
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