Archive for the ‘Religion’ Category

Magical Thinking Can Kill You: 2 Dead, 19 Hospitalized After Paying $9,933 for Seminar

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Beliefs, Influence, Media, Movies, Politics, Psychology, Religion, Spin | Oct 13, 2009 | Tags: back end marketing, back of the room marketing, bob tzu, death, duhism, get rich quick, get rich seminars, jack canfield, james arthur ray, law of attraction, magical thinking, michael beckwith, rhonda byrne, self help, self help book, self help guru, self help seminars, seminars, shelf help, sweat lodge, t harv eker, the secret | View Comments

Magical thinking can kill you. Now it’s been proven. After James Arthur Ray, self proclaimed ‘self help expert’ and one of the stars of the book and movie The Secret charged 70 participants $9,933 each to attend a sweat lodge event, two died, 19 went to the hospital and the ‘law of attraction‘ will never ...Read more.

Your Thoughts Are Not Your Own

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Beliefs, Influence, Psychology, Religion | Jul 27, 2009 | Tags: brain washing, Brian Brushwood, Dr. Charles Singleton, gullible, mind control, neurolinguistic programming, nlp, Robert Frost, Scam School | View Comments

Before you watch the video below I want you to have someone read a short poem by Robert Frost to you. If you read it to yourself it may not have the same effect. So go ahead, ask whomever is closest to you right now to read this to you: The woods are lovely, dark ...Read more.

There is no Law in the ‘Law’ of Attraction

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Beliefs, Books, Consumerism, Marketing, Money, Politics, Psychology, Religion, Spin, The Brain, Videos | Jan 30, 2009 | Tags: abraham, consciousness, fooled by randomness, geoff covin, hudson river plane crash, kluge, law of attraction, malcolm galdwell, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, NYT, NYT bestseler, oprah, outliers, personal development, rhonda byrne, secret, slef help, success, success formula, talent is overrated, the secret, us airways | View Comments

Laws are not selective, unless you’re either rich, powerful, a celebrity , politically connected, or know someone who is when you break one. Gravity is a law. It works 100% of the time with no excuses whether you like it or not. In fact, you don’t have to buy a book or movie to see ...Read more.

Are Political Scare Tactics Becoming Impotent?

Posted by Brett Greene | Filed under Books, Politics, Psychology, Religion, The Brain, Videos | Oct 13, 2008 | Tags: barack obama, current events, economic crisis, economic distress, economy, election, fear mongering, john mccain, kluge, political conventions, political rallies, politics of fear, presidential election, race baiting, sarah palin, scare tactics, stock market, stocks | View Comments

Something very cool seems to be happening in politics. It seems like the old politics of fear aren’t working as well as they used to in the current presidential election campaigns. Maybe people have finally been so pummeled with lies in such a short period of time that they’re less inclined to swallow a mouthful ...Read more.