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According to the news, the United States is stepping up its use of cyber attacks and psychology against ISIS. For example, our cyber forces are creating fake messages to send ISIS fighters to the wrong places. Update: Here’s more about current efforts. But the funniest part is that the U.S. military is…
Read MoreI have been writing about Donald Trump’s powers of persuasion for months and yet many of my readers are still persuasion doubters. I get that. We like to think of ourselves as creatures of reason. But we are not creatures of reason. We aren’t even close. Science has known this for a…
Read MoreWith the New York State primary tomorrow, let’s see how the chess board is set up for Trump. The Lead Trump has the lead in delegates for the Republican race and that lead will grow with the upcoming primaries. Momentum After Trump wins the New York primary he will be…
Read MoreIn Iran you can vote for anyone for President so long as that person has been approved by the Ayatollah Khameini. We Americans call that system a dictatorship. Voters in America recently discovered that they live under an Iranian type of system and didn’t know it. In the primaries, voters…
Read MoreI’ve said a few times in this blog, and elsewhere, that my political views don’t match up with Donald Trump’s views, or anyone else’s. How’s that possible, you ask? Let me give you a taste of it. Take International trade agreements, for example. My opinion is that I’m too under-informed to…
Read MoreDonald Trump has made some big mistakes lately. On top of that, his opponents improved their game. As a result, he finds himself in an enormous hole of disapproval, especially with women. If you have been reading my Master Persuader series, you might be interested in why Trump’s persuasion suddenly…
Read MoreI’ll start by reminding readers that my policy preferences don’t align with Donald Trump’s policies, or with anyone else’s except in some minor cases that are mostly coincidence. In the case of abortion rights, I defer to the better-informed views of women. I like having the right to vote on every issue,…
Read MoreIn case you missed it, I appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher on Friday and explained that Trump is more Master Persuader than crazy clown. It’s worth watching. If you want to learn more about some of the psychological phenomena I mentioned on the show, I recommend this new book called Impossible to Ignore….
Read MoreI realize a number of my blog readers don’t think climate change is a problem. Hold that objection until the end. — Let’s say you think climate change is the biggest threat to humanity, and you also think Trump believes climate change to be a hoax perpetrated by the Chinese,…
Read MorePersuasion is a learned skill. It involves a well-understood set of science-tested tools. For whatever reason, Donald Trump is bristling with talent for persuasion and Hillary Clinton has none (that I can detect) except for basic political skills and her gender identity. Persuasion is not the only talent you want…
Read MoreThis is a thought experiment. Imagine that the tiny nation of Elbonia suffers a Zombie Virus outbreak. Luckily, the virus does not spread easily, but prolonged personal contact with an infected zombie increases the odds of transmission. Once infected, the Elbonian becomes a zombie killer. As it turns out, most…
Read MoreFor new readers: I have already disavowed Donald Trump for being scary. And by that I mean he scares my fellow citizens, which I find unacceptable. My policy views don’t line up with any of the candidates’ positions, including Trump’s. I don’t vote and I am not a member of…
Read MoreThe other day I explained to you that Trump was using “stamina” as a linguistic kill shot against Hillary Clinton. The genius of it – persuasion-wise – is that every normal candidate has some low-energy days. Everyone gets hoarse from too much speech-making. Everyone takes bathroom breaks, and other kinds of…
Read MoreThe founders of the United States designed a system in which voters elected smart people and those smart people ran the country. They called it a republic. Over time, money corrupted the system. Rich people became the real power. The rich controlled the media, and that was enough to control…
Read MorePerhaps you are familiar with this famous quote: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” – George Santayana The idea here is that patterns in history repeat. That might be true. Or it might be false. I have no idea. But I’ll tell you one thing…
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