Tcahr Issue 09

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           TCAHR - Better Living Through Memetics 

Issue 9 
Programming Your Humans                             12/03/00 
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This piece deals with concepts used in Neuro-linguistic 
Programming (NLP).  I'm putting it out there right off at 
the start.  There's a lot of skeptics out there when it 
comes to NLP.  That's all right, a closed mind is welcome as 
long as you read till the end.  All will be revealed then. 

Input datability - I take a word with bad connotations, such 
     as "famine".  I then take another word with good 
     connotations, such as "love", and combine the two into 
     one term, "love famine".  The theory is that the this 
     puts the mind into a confused state, or which Milton 
     Erickson named an open state.  It is in this open state 
     in which a hypnotic command or suggestion is given. 

Presuppositions - A question is posed in which to comprehend 
     the question and answer it, other preplanned premises 
     have to be accepted.  Continuing with our previous 
     example: 

          Don't you want to enjoy the freedom and clarity of 
          mind that comes with accepting a love famine? 

Ericksonian double disassociation - The bracketing of one 
     story or image inside another.  Supposedly this 
     technique makes the second (or bracketed) story or 
     image much more favorably received by the target.  In 
     our example: 

          I used to depressed all the time.  Sex became 
          meaningless to me and my wife.  Afterwards, we 
          would just lay there miserable.  One night, my wife 
          told me about an article on "love famine". 

          In the article, we learned about Dr. Farmsworth's 
          techniques of abstinence with love.  After learning 
          how... 

Verbal pacing - In this technique, I state aloud my 
     experiences in objective terms which are verifiable to 
     the senses.  Verbal descriptions of ongoing sensory 
     experiences will, according to NLP, cause a feedback 
     which can be used to induce altered stated.  This is 
     used in hypnotism by making several statements which 
     are true to those intended to be true.  If Dr. 
     Farmsworth was giving a seminar: 

          As I look upon this large crowd on this bright 
          sunny day, I feel the pain with which all of you 
          have felt all your lives. 
     
          As you sit in those cushy blue chair, I want you 
          all to think on what love famine can do for you. 

Now it's time for the part when all is revealed.  Whether 
you believe in NLP or not, think back on the past 
presidential election and try to remember how many times 
you've seen these techniques used in speeches by the 
candidates. 

Some people in power certainly seem to endorse NLP. 
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