Cultural Conditioning pollutes the Mind
Why Mind Purification is Important
The Mirror of the Mind
The Red Dust falls daily - polluting the Mirror of the Mind.
Malicious Red Dust: Propaganda
Why does the Populace believe the Propaganda?
Why do we repeatedly victimize ourselves?
This Book: A Roadmap to Freedom from Verbal Jail that is a Root of Suffering
The Logical Structure
Problems with attacking Conclusions, instead of Assumptions
Always Some Truth behind Propaganda
Relativity of Verbal Truth
Any Logical chain based on a falsehood has no logical foundation
More Reductions
Generalization Fallacy
The Illusion of American Democracy
Are Russia, China, or the USA Democracies?
Beginning Degrees of Separation
Because of ambiguity - Meaning determined by context
Truth or Falsehood determined by Intention of Speaker
Notation: Truth & False Components
False not Evil
Success & Failure Determined by Intention
Master Uses Words to Transcend Words
Master attempts to strip away Verbal World of Pupil
Propagandist points to False component
For Most People Words Either True or False
Verbal Truth neither discrete, nor continuous, instead based in intention of Speaker
The ‘Take out the Trash’ Example
Pretending to Understand
Summary
All of us occasionally, Master, Honest, Liar and Propagandist
Truthfully transmitting Propaganda
Two Reasons why Verbal Truth insufficient for persuasion
Pointing to the World beyond words
Self sufficiency is the Key
Paradox and Flaw?
Numerical and Verbal Logic used to purify each other
Numerical Logic is Exact and Content Based
Verbal Logic is Relative and Contextual
Despite inadequacies Numerical Logic applied to Verbal Systems
Necessity of Deconstructing the Logic Box
Intended vs. Unintended meaning of T/F Postulate
False Component has to do with absolute vs. relative truth
True Component has to do with accuracy of transmission
Partial Transmission Verbal, not Mathematical
Partial Truth not the same as Half-truth of Propagandist
(Human tendency to clump) -> (faulty assumption of commonalty)
Clumps Might or Might Not Move Together
Honest Person -> modifiers -> True Component
Propagandist -> modifiers -> False component
More are Alienated than Persuaded
Choosing sides determines Us and Them
Cultural Truths Emotional, with a little logic for good measure
Adherence to cultural beliefs Rewarded with Belonging, while lack of adherence Punished.
What is a Lie?
True Component of Lie is Underlying Message
Difference and Similarities between Liar and Propagandist
Example: True and False Components of the Propaganda
Propagandist Loves Lazy Thinkers
Differentiating the Honest Person, Liar and Propagandist
The Honest Liar
Each of us spreads Cultural Propaganda Truthfully
Filters of the Receiver
Content of Message filtered thru Belief Structure of Receiver
The Emotional Content of Beliefs
Implicit Beliefs the source of Explicit Beliefs and the Disease
The Source Filter: Appearance
Source Filter: Behavior
Logic only a minor factor in evaluating a Message
Message of Liar, Honest Person, and Propagandist the same
Honestly transmitting misinformation from a truthful source
Reasons for false transmissions
When the Reader understands the Message better than the Writer
Self Purification to avoid problems & facilitate transformation
The Filter of the Receiver
The Us versus Them Filters
Simultaneous versus Sequential
Is the Source Us or Them?
Peeling the Onion or Cracking the Shell of the Nut
Necessary to Respect the Filters determined by Receiver
The Filter of the Source
Four Filters from Experience to Message to Response
Cultural Conditioning clogs the Filters
True Freedom and the Spiritual Master
The Filters of the Spiritual Master clarify rather than obscure
Introduction: Why is Propaganda Effective?
Chapter 1: Deconstructing Typical Propaganda
Chapter 2: The True False Postulate
Chapter 2A: Propagandists transmit False Component of Message
The Logical Web based upon Logical Chains
Chapter 3: Self-Purification required to transmit Truth
Chapter 4: Numerical & Verbal Logic are Different
Summarizing the Summary
Chapter 5: Necessary to Deconstruct Clumped Ideas
Chapter 6: The Liar, Honest Man & Propagandist
Chapter 7: Stick with Direct Experience to avoid transmitting Falsehood
Chapter 8: Logical Content Secondary to Packaging
Chapter 9: The Logic Filter for Truth is Last
Summarizing the Summary
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