Skeptoid #278: Brainwashing and Deprogramming

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Brian Dunning

Skeptic, Social Sciences, Skepticism, Paranormal, Conspiracy Theories, Urban Legends, Science, History

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🗓️ 4 October 2011

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Both brainwashing and its opposite, deprogramming, are equally mythological.

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0:00.0	One thing that so many of us fail to do in life is that when we hear a sensational story,
0:08.6	we fail to question the underlying assumptions.
0:12.3	A lot of stories of people who get kidnapped, or who join a cult, invoke the claim that
0:17.3	they were brainwashed.
0:19.7	So let's question the underlying assumption that brainwashing is even a thing.
0:25.2	Can people actually be brainwashed against their will?
0:29.6	That's coming right up.
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