Evolutionary biologist Robert Sapolsky did a great lecture on the biological underpinnings of religiosity... It's a kind of mind that believes in magical things, just like atheists believe in pharma and have placebo effects from useless drugs.
Love this piece and very different take on what all falls under propaganda umbrella in my book.
"Which in turn charges the brand, this magical fetish, with power, and induces you to purchase whatever bears its awesome image."
Old enough to remember when Alka-Seltzer was the only drug ad on TV and have wondered about the social effects over the years as we have become an Rx culture and children constantly exposed to lists of ailments and possible side effects in soma voices with folks dancing in fields of flowers.
Evolutionary biologist Robert Sapolsky did a great lecture on the biological underpinnings of religiosity... It's a kind of mind that believes in magical things, just like atheists believe in pharma and have placebo effects from useless drugs.
https://youtu.be/4WwAQqWUkpI
Love this piece and very different take on what all falls under propaganda umbrella in my book.
"Which in turn charges the brand, this magical fetish, with power, and induces you to purchase whatever bears its awesome image."
Old enough to remember when Alka-Seltzer was the only drug ad on TV and have wondered about the social effects over the years as we have become an Rx culture and children constantly exposed to lists of ailments and possible side effects in soma voices with folks dancing in fields of flowers.