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From: Georg Bauhaus <sb463ba@d2-hrz.uni-duisburg.de>
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Subject: Re: Way OT: Adam Smith and Software Markets
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Hyman Rosen <hyrosen@mail.com> wrote:
: Jason wrote:
:> I don't know about telepathy, but hypnosis really does "work". 
:> Granted, it doesn't really work the way they show in the movies, but
:> pick up a psych 101 textbook if you don't believe me.
: 
: Have you *seen* what's in psych textbooks? Psychology has come up
: with more crackpot notions of what goes on in a human mind than
: you can shake a stick at.

So what? computer science has come up with more and more programming
languages...

: It's just that this influence isn't "reducing your free will".

Lets say it is about presenting a product in a way such that
those who make the decisions will consider buying the product.
I don't know whether "fairies' dust" is the right translation
for an ad by IBM that is running on several TV channels over
here, but what does fairies' dust have to do with a hardware/
software combination? (Dust puppies aside.)
Does it offer information to your free conscious will to buy
the right product?