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Brain "warshing"

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I prefer to pronounce brainwashing with an Ohio or American Midland Dialect. "Warsh". Its a catchy pronounciation. Step one of any effective brainwashing is to eliminate any notion or self-evidence of brainwashing. "I am absolutely sure I am not brainwashed. I am an American. I believe in the individual. I believe that all of my ideas and thoughts are my own." Those thoughts are a good starting place. The fact is that you, as a human, are a herding animal. It is a lesson that I found in my time in Antarctica and watching my own herding animals. "No man is an island" --John Donne (1572–1631). Is also a good start. We are all affected by our instincts. Tribalism being one of them. Many of us have lost a lot of our instincts. When we loose enough we probably fall somewhere into the vast ontology and categories of mentally ill. So, You are what you eat, both informationally and physically. Think different. Use what you learned in school about empathy. Pr...
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I was out in Denver this week. This weekend it is about working around the house. It doesn't appear I need to travel this coming week.
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I am back from Europe. My new passport is only two weeks old and I have added five Countries. I had Boobalan and Christopher pose with this tiny Fiat in Italy. It was their first trip ever outside of India. They made many new friends. There are some pics of a historically important bridge in Bassano del Grappa Italy. The bullet holes are still there.