ickplant@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 1 day agoWas he ever cognitively there?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square115fedilinkarrow-up1858arrow-down114
arrow-up1844arrow-down1imageWas he ever cognitively there?lemmy.worldickplant@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square115fedilink
minus-squarecobysev@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up83·1 day agoHe kept talking about Hannibal Lecter because someone mentioned asylum for immigrants, and the only “asylum” he knows is an insane asylum. So he started talking about Hannibal Lecter every time he mentioned immigrants, equating them with insane cannibals who want to eat you.
minus-squareGork@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up22·1 day agoIs there a term for Pavlov’s dog but done to yourself?
minus-squareMerva@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·1 day agoAnd only peope who were as extremely stupid as himself would have ever realised that connection.
He kept talking about Hannibal Lecter because someone mentioned asylum for immigrants, and the only “asylum” he knows is an insane asylum.
So he started talking about Hannibal Lecter every time he mentioned immigrants, equating them with insane cannibals who want to eat you.
Is there a term for Pavlov’s dog but done to yourself?
Autohypnosis
And only peope who were as extremely stupid as himself would have ever realised that connection.