Do you think TV is a form of mind control?
151683
I would answer that but my TV won't let me.
1073850
I like watching the show. He does freak everyone out on the show. But it is definitely mind over matter.
1087114
This is a very interesting topic. It's like how you can hear yourself say something in your mind, but you don't actually hear sound. Or how you see a certain image when your eyes are open (hence, daydream). It's difficult to observe thoughts as they are happening, since the only way to actually formulate an opinion about what we are thinking is to analyze what we remember thinking. It's pretty amazing how our minds work, and what they control. We can't (more accurately, MOST of us can't) voluntarily control the rate of our heart beat, but we can voluntarily control our breathing. Yet, when we are asleep or not paying attention, our brain's nervous system takes over. It's so amazing...\n\nI can go on about this forever! : ) I actually have never heard of the Heisenberg Uncertainty principle but I'll look into it. (After a pause...) My thoughts are telling me to finish typing. ^_^
228318
yes and i think it is very powerful.  we are a very media driven society and feed off every little word-true or false.  wether it is all believed or not is  different story but it only takes one person
1427
The theories of tele-kenetics suggest that our brains are simply antennae.  They transmit and receive stuff just like your FM Radio or your Cell-Phone.  If these theorem are true, the answer to your second question (Are we all psychic) may be YES!  The ability to control these 'powers' is, however, the harder part.  Mankind as a whole will possibly never get the chance to master this skill.
74758
Psy-Ops is still here, and no there are no mind control programs. It is more along the lines of propaganda. I was with a psyop unit for 2 years, and they made up books and leaflets. Mostly for kids to warn of unexploded ordinance. That way people would think we are the good guys and not want to hurt any civilians.
559001
Unfortunately, yes. If it weren't for the availability of uncut movies, I doubt if I would watch too much TV. The social aspect is the best reason to watch television.  The real downside is that I do think TV has severely hurt the art of conversation. You can now grow up with siblings and spend time with them watching the tube, but not really getting to know them at a deeper level.
1023268
I grew up without tv and am raising my child without it also.  She is not quite two and a half and is briliant!  The first time a tv was on in her presance she had no idea what to do with it.  She did not get the concept of sitting down and gazing into the box.  I myself get sad and disgusted any time I watch tv.  The shows are terrible, all of this reality tv crap scares me, but more than that it is the comercials!  My heart starts to flutter and I get so worked up seeing the structure of it all.  The systems that have been created to get into our brains to direct us this way or that, we have lost our free will.  What people are exposed to is what they adhear to.  What we watch on tv is what we become.  If we don't watch tv our world becomes alot bigger, and alot more creative.  I have a friend who is a preschool teacher and does not watch tv.  She has told me that the kids who watch tv play games that are repeating dialogs from tv shows, and the kids who don't watch tv have a world of there own, and that is a beautiful thing!
7666
TV can be good and bad. It's informal, but it takes up a lot of time easily. It could go either way! ~tracie
229842
no, it a form of control. then again cultures control people so you may be right.!
822665
Yes. It isn't exactly like in the movie though. \n\nThe people you see are like shadows to you, unless they reveal themselves completely to you. \n\nIt is possible to see peoples souls as well, and look into the future. \n\nThis is called fay. People who are fay have limited control of their power. Some people might claim to see into the future at will, but it doesn't work like that. \n\nThis feeling overcomes you, like something is about to scare you from behind, then the feeling translates itself into a shape in your mind. After that, it becomes a clear and concise thought. But, sometimes you need to interpret it, and it is useless.\n\nDon't believe most people who claim to be physic. If they say that they are fay, they probably aren't lying though. I like to laugh at TV physics. What is that name of the famous TV physic who does that Crossing Over show? I can honestly say he is an idiot. The dead people never talk to him. The most they do is stand around him. One time when I watched the show, a couple had family there, a mother. The fake physic said it was her father. Ha!!!!!!
706636
I find it interesting that this comes as a question... when in my opinion.. it is so factual that violence portrayed on TV, movies and video games affects people's mind, specially children.   How we in this 'modern' times accept as natural viewing and being bombarded with violence and other stuff from TV.  I have personally stopped watching TV and you know.. I have gained so much in my life.. Instead of waisting my life plugged into the 'garbage tube' I have found renewed interest in music, arts, enjoying friends, exercise and the list goes on.  I have children, they don't live with me since I have been divorced, but when they come visit... the thing they know they are not doing is watching TV...  Sometimes we rent movies, but for me is easy to filter as much as possible what they are watching.  And yes there is violence and sex out there in the real world... but there is no need for us human beings to  get soaked in it 24/7 as we become couch potatoes and let life slip away... as zombies.  My kids and I  have a great relationship and they are always happy to come to my place... because always is an adventure... never knowing what is going on.. what we would do... or go see, experience, meet... in resume live... not by watching it on the screen.. but by experiencing first hand!  Good luck with your paper and hopefully you find some good references.
642704
No.  And if a program is enraging you, perhaps its time that you stop watching that program.  I have never been enraged by a television program, and would be concerned if I let something so inconsequential bother me so much.
631702
yes i am\nthe only one i have ever been able to watch is project runway, and even that at times annoyed me beyond belief.\nif reality shows were really about reality we wouldn't watch them because no one wants to watch what they are doing in their real life. tv is about escaping your own life and being entertained by another story or life.
807502
tele, sending energy through the mind,,,,,,,, kinesis, movement, so its moving things with the power of the mind. my source , sooooooooooo many things ive read over the years.
61729
Come on! TV doesn't always imitate reality... How much of TV is staged, though? That's why it's important to remember that what you see on TV isn't real life even if the producers want you to believe that it is.
655040
I believe teens today are moronic, imbeciles. They lack intelligence, ambition, respect or morals, but that's just my opinion.\nHowever I also believe it's the parents fault for thinking the TV is an appropriate babysitter.