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Great post I think the missing word is "complicit". If you want to get tons of people to go along with horrendous acts then it's important to make them complicit in your scheme early and often.
I think maybe you can stare for a while until it syncs up, but i don't have an EEG. I also tried restarting the strobe a bunch to get on a different phase but didn't notice any difference
Yes the hypothesis is that if you flash a light in sync with your alpha brain waves then focusing and learning is easier https://jacobshapiro.substack.com/p/teaching-at-the-brains-tempo https://academic.oup.com/cercor/article/33/9/5382/6814397?login=false
I think #5+#6. The people with the most stock tend to be the bosses of the others — the "social pressure" of your boss telling you to sign right now is quite persuasive.