When someone's mind is said to be corrupted or indoctrinated with bad information: why is it called brainwashing? Shouldn't brain washing imply that the corruption, illogicalness and filth is being cleaned from someone's mind?
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I think that it came from an early cold war myth, that there was a method in use, which did indeed involve emptying the brain of memories first, and then putting new ones back. We now know that is not possible of course, ( Because you die, among other things. ) but we are talking about a myth from the nineteen forties and fifties, and given the state of progress, that in medical terms, was only just out of the Stone Age compared to today.
Fernapple
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Oct 31, 2022
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It depends on what you wash the brain with.
barjoe
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Oct 31, 2022
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[kevinmd.com] › 2017/05
CSF is soap for your brain
May 31, 2017 — In sleep, CSF acts like draino, whereby it flushes out waste products between brain cells and goes deep into the brain parenchyma.
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