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The Power of #Repetition
#Illusory Truth Effect: Repetition increases the likelihood of belief, even in falsehoods.
Why it works:
Familiarity: Repeated information becomes more familiar and is seen as more credible.
Cognitive ease: Repetition reduces mental effort and makes the lie easier to accept.
#Desensitization: The more often a lie is repeated, the less absurd it appears. -
The Power of #Repetition
#Illusory Truth Effect: Repetition increases the likelihood of belief, even in falsehoods.
Why it works:
Familiarity: Repeated information becomes more familiar and is seen as more credible.
Cognitive ease: Repetition reduces mental effort and makes the lie easier to accept.
#Desensitization: The more often a lie is repeated, the less absurd it appears. -
I try really hard to avoid #KinkShaming, yucking anybody's yum, or being judgmental about other people's #kinks. But there are definitely some sexual practices and peccadillos about which I am habitually silent, because saying "eww..." is hurtful, and it's about all I got.
I am, however, happy to report that the #desensitization effect of 20 years of sex blogging operates continuously, if slowly; even after two decades, my list of silences continues to get smaller over time.
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I realized today that after working in several restaurants years ago and raising a kid who's now 16, there's NOTHING that can gross me out anymore. I've seen and smelled it all. If you want to desensitize yourself to gross stuff, do one or both of these things.
#parenting #kids #restaurants #FoodService #RestaurantJobs #GrossStuff #GrossJobs #desensitized #desensitization
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All child drug addicts, and all children drawn into the narcotics traffic as messengers, with whom we have had contact, were inveterate comic-book readers. In the lives of some of these children who are overwhelmed by temptation the pattern is one of stealing, gangs, addiction, comic books and violence. The parallel with crime comic stories is striking.
#addiction #desensitization #comicbooks #psychology
https://wertham.substack.com/p/teen-age-dope-slaves