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Skeptoid #330: Hypnotism: Hijacking Your Brain?

Skeptoid

Brian Dunning

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

4.63K Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2012

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

The facts and the fiction of one of the most intriguing psychological phenomena.

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0:00.0

Have you ever wondered if hypnotism is actually real or not?

0:07.9

Are those people up on stage just acting, or are they actually being controlled by the

0:12.5

hypnotists to say or do things they wouldn't normally?

0:15.9

Well, that's exactly what I've always wondered, so today's episode is the result of my

0:20.6

own deep dive into the research.

0:23.4

Is hypnotism real?

0:25.6

Not real, or a little bit of both.

0:29.2

It's coming up next, Unskeptoid.

0:31.6

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0:39.3

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1:06.3

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1:14.2

Thanks.

1:20.0

You're listening to Skeptoid.

1:21.5

I'm Brian Dunning from Skeptoid.com.

1:24.8

Hypnotism.

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