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- From: mayer@owlnet.rice.edu (Christopher Francis Mayer)
- Newsgroups: alt.hypnosis
- Subject: Re: Interesting Hypnosis Talk
- Message-ID: <C16own.7Hs@rice.edu>
- Date: 21 Jan 93 03:12:22 GMT
- References: <1jl0irINNdf2@mirror.digex.com>
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- In article <1jl0irINNdf2@mirror.digex.com>, curt@access.digex.com (curt williams) writes:
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- |> I promised a few hypnosis stories.
- |>
- |> But first, an informal poll.
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- |> 1) How many readers of alt.hypnosis believe that a person can be compelled
- |> to do something against their will, or something they would not ordinarily
- |> be willing to do, because of post hypnotic suggestion?
- |
- I've read that only about 20% of subjects who are hypnotized actually are able
- to enter that comatose state we all see in the movies and hear about all the
- time. This depends on the skill of the hypnotizer (hypnosist, I don't know
- which is correct) and the subject. So I would believe that maybe 20% can be
- compelled to do things they wouldn't normally do by suggestion.
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- >
- |> 2) How many readers of alt.hypnosis believe that a person under hypnosis
- |> or following a post hypnotic suggestion can fool a polygraph?
- |>
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- Sure, since people who aren't hypnotized can fool a polygraph as well. I
- would guess that hypnosis may make it easier for someone to fool a polygraph.
-
- There's my $.02.
-