So, Burto, I have a number of emails that I have aspirations to get to all of them today,

and because I have 12 pages of emails and the notes thereof.

So what do you say, let's get to patron emails

in this episode, Birdo.

Let's do it.

This is the Psychology and Seattle podcast.

I'm your host, Dr. Kirk Honda. I'm a therapist and a professor who are you

Umberto my name is Umberto kastanya and I specialize in recounts in elections

anonymous patron writes,

recently I've been watching the vow, and then afterwards I watched the master by

Paul Thomas Anderson.

I was struck by the similarities in recruiting and

brainwashing techniques. It was uncomfortable for me to watch. Do these groups use a

tool set of manipulation? At what point is the science used in Nexium and

Scientology no longer self-help and is an exploitation of human psychology.

The morality feels murky, and I wonder if that is what contributes to the silent shame

of the

can systems that someone develops to try to help people be useful

let alone if we start asking about scientific and stuff.

I do think you know that there's absolutely a lot of wisdom that some people accrue in their life and that sometimes they are able to put together some concepts in a way that they can explain to people and ends up helping people.

Those folks that can do that when they're communicating that to an audience and they say,

hey, look, you want to make more money?

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