1. brainwashing is a very simple
mechanism. One gets a person to agree that something might be a certain way and then drives him by introverting him and through
self-
criticism to the possibility that it is that way. Only then does a
man believe that the erroneous
fact was a
truth. By
gradient scale of hammering, pounding and torture, brainwashers are able to make people believe that these people
saw and did things which they never did do. But its
effectiveness is
minor as Russia does not know enough about the
mind, even though we recently taught nothing but
German-- Russian
theory in our
schools.
(AA-R, p. 84) 2. is actually that
technique by
Pavlov which makes the
dog believe that he can't tell the difference between a bell and a buzzer. Now I'll untangle that for you. They
ring a bell and feed the
dog, and they
ring a bell and feed the
dog, and they
ring a bell and feed the
dog. Now the
dog is conditioned (
psychological term) to be fed when the bell rings. Now, they buzz a buzzer and
beat the
dog, and buzz a buzzer and
beat the
dog, and they buzz a buzzer and
beat the
dog, and they buzz a buzzer and
beat the
dog. Now what they're really doing is adding up a bunch of
engrams, they aren't
conditioning him at all. And then they gradually
reduce the
sound of the bell to the
sound of the buzzer, and
reduce the
sound of the buzzer to the
sound of the bell till the
dog can't tell the difference between the buzzer and the bell and at that
moment he goes
psychotic. He can't tell whether he's going to be beaten or fed. That is brainwashing. It is specific
technology.
(6804SM-) 3. changing the
values of things.
(6804SM-) 4. is subjection of a person to systematic
indoctrination or mental
pressure with a view to getting him to
change his views or to confess to a
crime.
(HCO PL 20 Dec 69 VIII)