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Documentary: Pseudology – has the media industry perfected the art of lying?

The entertainment industry has long stood as one of the most influential businesses on the planet.

Documentary: Pseudology – has the media industry perfected the art of lying?

Yet there is an overwhelming misconception that its content does not affect your life.

Exactly how much of an effect media has on you has been measured by the advertising industry.   The advertising industry uses hypnosis and psychology to sell their products. Are movie producers using these same tactics to sell you a belief system?

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In the documentary titled ‘Pseudology: The Art of Lying’ released in 2012, The Little Light Studio takes an in-depth look into the entertainment industry and reveals how the movies are reshaping your views of God.

If the video above is removed from YouTube, you can watch it on BitChute HERE.  You can purchase a copy of the video HERE.  The following is an overview of the documentary’s contents.  The links we have added to the text are our own.

Physiological Impact of TV and Early Childhood Exposure

TV has a physiological impact on the brain, deteriorating mind activity and potentially turning it into a “mashed potato” state, with some speculating it’s part of a larger project for control and domination.

Research suggests that prolonged exposure to television can be detrimental one’s life, with some studies indicating that children who watch three to four hours of non-educational TV daily will have seen almost 8,000 murders by the end of grade school.

At the time the documentary was made, Dr. Dmitry Csokas was a paediatrician and Director of Seattle Children’s Hospital.  His research found that exposing developing brains to rapid sequencing of television programmes, particularly baby digital video discs (“DVDs”), can precondition the mind to expect high levels of input, leading to shorter attention spans later in life.

Research has progressed to developing a mouse model to study the effects of overstimulation on the developing brain, exposing newborn mice to “mouse television” with lights flashing and sound for six hours a day, resulting in shorter attention spans, greater risk-taking, and poorer cognitive development.

The average age at which children began to watch television regularly has shifted from four years old in 1970 to four months old today, with the advent of baby DVDs and products aimed at young children.

The American Paediatrics Association recommends that children under the age of two should never be exposed to television, while France has made it illegal to produce programming geared towards children under the age of three.

Update: How France plans to protect kids from too much screen time, The Local, 30 April 2024

Television’s Effect on Brain Activity and Mental Health

Watching television is a passive activity that can lead to a mind fog, with the brain switching from beta brainwave patterns to alpha brainwave patterns in less than 60 seconds, leaving the mind unfocused and unable to concentrate.

Research has shown that watching television can adversely affect the frontal lobe of the brain, suppressing its activity and leading to a decrease in circulation, which can be linked to depression and anxiety.

Mental health problems are increasing globally, and excessive entertainment consumption is a contributing factor, with studies showing that habitual entertainment consumption can more than double the risk of depression and anxiety.

The prefrontal cortex, responsible for executive functions, impulse control and moral choices, is inactivated when watching television or movies, leading to a loss of critical thinking and increased emotional reactivity.

The Manipulation of Consumer Behaviour through Advertising

The advertising industry exploits this by using emotional manipulation to sell products, with companies spending billions of dollars on advertising to create emotional associations with their brands.

Marketers aim to create emotional connections with consumers, understanding that people buy products based on how they make them feel, rather than just their practical needs.

The shift from a needs-based to a wants-based society can be attributed to Edward Bernays, who applied his uncle Sigmund Freud‘s ideas on human desire to marketing, creating an emotionally driven market.

In the early 20th century, corporations realised they had to transform the way Americans thought about products, shifting from a needs to a desires culture, as stated by leading banker Paul Mazur of Lehman Brothers.

“We must shift America from a needs to a desires culture.  People must be trained to desire, and to want things even before the old had been entirely consumed.  We must shape a new mentality in America.  Man’s desires must overshadow his needs,” Mazur said.

Further reading: There’s A Staggering Conspiracy Behind The Rise Of Consumer Culture, Business Insider, 23 February 2013

Advertising works by creating a void in self-worth that only the product or service can fill, often by promoting external beauty over personality and character, particularly in the beauty industry.

Neuromarketing uses medical technology like functional magnetic resonance imaging (“fMRI”) to monitor brain activity and emotional responses to advertising, allowing marketers to manipulate consumer behaviour.

Marketers use various tricks, including absurdity, testimonials, fantasy, sex and humour, to sell products and push pleasure buttons.

Researchers like Dr. Paul Zak, who at the time of the documentary was a neuroeconomist at Claremont Graduate University, have studied the hormone oxytocin, released during bonding experiences, and its potential use in marketing to create emotional connections with consumers.

The use of neuroscience in marketing raises ethical concerns, with some experts warning that it can be used to manipulate consumers and influence their behaviour.

Oxytocin is a hormone that facilitates trust between strangers, and when someone trusts you, the brain releases oxytocin, motivating you to reciprocate and be trustworthy.  Advertisers use various techniques to get people’s brains to release oxytocin, making them trust and identify with their products, such as using puppies in toilet paper commercials to evoke emotions.

Studies have shown that when oxytocin levels are raised, people are more empathetic and willing to donate money to causes they care about, and advertisers have figured out how to tap into this.

Hypnosis, NLP and Advertising Techniques

Hypnosis and neuro-linguistic programming (“NLP”) are techniques used to influence people’s thoughts and behaviours, and advertisers use similar methods to get people into a state of trance and associate their products with emotions.

The use of music, particularly rap music, in commercials is a form of hypnotic induction, making people more susceptible to the message being conveyed.  Commercials use various techniques, such as quick cuts and rhythmic music, to grab people’s attention and make them more receptive to the message, often using brain science to “suck you in.”

Advertisers aim to keep people in the lower brain centres, where they are more easily controlled, by using techniques such as anxiety and emotional manipulation to bypass the higher cortex.

Subliminal Advertising and NLP

Subliminal advertising is a powerful tool that can influence people’s decisions, and research has shown that it can be effective in increasing sales and changing behaviour.

NLP is a technique used to attach negative emotions to certain actions or behaviours and it can be used to help people quit smoking, for example, or change their habits.

Darren Brown, a master of hypnosis and NLP, has demonstrated the power of these techniques in his videos and live performances, including convincing Simon Pegg to choose a different gift than he originally wanted.

NLP can be used to create a strong feeling of desire for an object, and it can even replace the memory of what a person originally wanted, as demonstrated by Darren Brown’s gift-giving technique.

Further reading:

Reprogramming the Brain and Hypnosis

The brain can be reprogrammed and overridden, similar to a computer, and hypnosis is a powerful tool that can be used to stop smoking, lose weight, or have pain-free childbirth.

Derren Brown used subliminal persuasion to make a group of people forget the movie they just watched, and this technique can be used in advertising to attach emotions to products.

Bright lights and flooding the brain with information can induce a hypnotic state, and this is often used in movie theatres and stage productions.

Emotions, Decision-Making and Movies’ Influence

Emotions play a crucial role in decision-making and belief systems, and people often justify their emotions with logic.  Watching a movie can bypass the moral command centre and shut off conscious thinking, allowing people to react emotionally without processing the information.

Neuro cinema technology uses fMRI brain scans to create better movies that elicit a stronger emotional response from the audience, and filmmakers like Peter Katz are using this technology to improve their films.

Filmmakers are using neuromarketing features and neuroscientists to study the effect of film imagery on the conscious and subconscious processes in the brain, with a focus on emotions.  New technologies, such as fMRI brain scan studies and D-box seats, are being used to increase the emotional involvement of the audience and create a more immersive experience.

Advanced Filmmaking Techniques and Immersive Experiences

Some filmmakers, including Peter Jackson and James Cameron, are shooting their movies in 48 frames per second to create a hyper-realistic experience, and experimenting with even higher frame rates, such as 120 frames per second.

The critical factor, or the conscious mind, can be interrupted through the use of hypnosis and NLP, allowing for a deeper level of suggestion and manipulation. The use of hypnosis and NLP in movies can manipulate the audience’s emotions and create a deeper message, and can even be used to implant ideas into the subconscious. 

The movie ‘Inception’, directed by Christopher Nolan, is an example of how filmmakers can use hypnosis and NLP, playing with time and time distortion, to create a complex and layered storyline that can manipulate the audience’s emotions and beliefs.

Inception, Hypnosis, NLP and Gnostic Interpretation

The Inception’s themes and symbolism have been interpreted as a retelling of the Gnostic faith, and some have suggested that it is promoting a Gnostic worldview.

“There are tonnes of Gnostic websites that herald this movie [Inception] has a brilliant retelling of the Gnostic faith. An inverting of the Bible and making God evil and satan good,” the narrator of Pseudology said.

Movies and entertainment, such as Inception, can manipulate the subconscious by using techniques like time distortion, random images and embedded storylines, especially when the viewer is in a heightened state of emotion and an alpha brainwave pattern.  The information from entertainment is not critically analysed by the frontal lobe, but rather stored as a big chunk in memory, making the viewer more suggestible.

Entertainment’s Influence on Beliefs and Worldviews

Some directors and writers may use this technology to implant ideas and belief systems into people, fighting against God or promoting a postmodern view of the relativity of right and wrong.  The entertainment industry has the power to shape social attitudes, beliefs, and worldviews, and our entertainment choices can impact our lives.

Is it possible the devil, the author of deception, has influenced popular stories to propagate lies about God’s character?  It is essential to be careful about what we put into our minds.

The Bible states that God speaks to us through our mind, specifically through the frontal lobe, which can be bypassed by the techniques used in entertainment, potentially crowding out the voice of God.

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