tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850795848027608997.post906288439513216640..comments2023-11-05T02:15:15.513-08:00Comments on Majia's Blog: Engineering Consent Through PropagandaMajia's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04941091700194936591noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850795848027608997.post-14301878977450580212013-04-15T11:07:14.602-07:002013-04-15T11:07:14.602-07:00excellent point about 'momentum' James - a...excellent point about 'momentum' James - and Majia, please stay sane (family is the first principle... meanwhile, here's a very pertinent article, published on a PBS site no less http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2013/04/in-japan-a-wave-of-media-distrust-post-tsunami105.html?fb_action_ids=531755590200183&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=aggregation&fb_aggregation_id=288381481237582 please like & share, Ginko deserves cheers, fellow warrior against media black out!jBee`https://www.blogger.com/profile/09438180153951832482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850795848027608997.post-17208153308672017362013-04-14T16:14:34.351-07:002013-04-14T16:14:34.351-07:00Hi JBee and James
Cool looking book JBee
The Cove...Hi JBee and James<br /><br />Cool looking book JBee<br />The Covert Sphere Secrecy, Fiction, and the National Security State<br /><br />James your metaphor of a runaway train is on target. I'm afraid there is no stopping it as the problems are too big, the population too apathetic, and our leaders too corrupt.<br /><br />I'm trying to enjoy my life - my family, my students, my love of hiking Arizona's beautiful desert - and stay sane while hoping for the best and fearing the worst<br /><br />I appreciate both your comments...<br /><br />:) Majia's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04941091700194936591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850795848027608997.post-46484906652972169722013-04-14T09:31:46.712-07:002013-04-14T09:31:46.712-07:00Majia,
To me there exists a difference between ina...Majia,<br />To me there exists a difference between inadvertent or even enthusiast level propaganda and professional propaganda. <br /><br />Every company in the world is trying to sell their product and make money. Many of those products, despite the sales pitch, do not actually deliver on their promises.<br /><br />For example when you see a TV commercial for a tough pickup truck pulling a trailer full of concrete pipe through a foot of mud - well you can assume that the truck won't actually be able to do that every day - or maybe more than one carefully setup time.<br /><br />Same thing exists around ideas. I personally hate it when people tell me they are doing something and they aren't actually doing it, they've decided to do it, and might even have a plan to do it, but they aren't actually doing it yet.<br /><br />This is all called "overselling" - and in 2013 we are bombarded by it.<br /><br />However there is a line that should not be crossed. And that line is the truth. You cannot manufacture science. Sometimes we think we see something and later we find out something else. <br /><br />For example: you know I don't believe in carbon dioxide emissions causing global warming. I did believe it at one time, because the data seemed to indicate it, and it was logical even though causation was tough. But for the past 10 years or so the data reversed and has soundly refuted it. <br /><br />In this case I cannot argue that people thought it was true, because there were indications that "seemed" to be accurate. However I'm very angry that the scientists were not willing to stand up and definitively say "we were mistaken" when the data changed and made certain it was not true.<br /><br />I believe the exact same thing happened in nuclear. In the beginning, scientists understanding of radiation and its effects were somewhat ignorant, and enthusiasm for the new technology was high. At some point however, the dangers must have become apparent - and the real scientists began to know that things were much more dangerous than they had previously thought. <br /><br />But why doesn't science put a stop to these inaccuracies? Because science isn't in charge. Momentum is. When folks are on the verge of making billions of $ because of "global warming" or "climate change" or whatever you want to call it - when the public is energized on the topic and wants to spend money - well at that point in time it's very difficult to let the truth slip out and put the brakes on. Right about the time of Al Gore's movie, all the science went away - but did Al Gore make any attempt to right his wrong - no way!<br /><br />In the case of nuclear - not only is the public engergized, but governments and militarys are energized. And that makes it even more difficult to stop the runaway train. <br /><br />I certainly don't know any specifics about roundup or GMO foods or other toxins, but it would stand to reason they are on exactly the same path. <br /><br />And now we have the internet - which at first was used to reveal new truths, but can equally be used to proliferate new lies. <br /><br />Perhaps Majia you have some knowledge of how societies have successfully come to the truth in the past in these type situations. I'm pretty sure the current methods employed are not working right now. <br /><br />JamesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850795848027608997.post-53397759140355271902013-04-14T08:44:11.290-07:002013-04-14T08:44:11.290-07:00truth at the track meet! bravo, Majia... relevant ...truth at the track meet! bravo, Majia... relevant book I picked up in New York last month, per your reflections on "perception management" http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.cttn34zt (you can sample read some of it on Amazon "Look Inside" jBee`https://www.blogger.com/profile/09438180153951832482noreply@blogger.com