Make sure to read Part 1 wherein we studied mental programming from the family fire to the smartphone. The mass-man (who we now know as an NPC — a Non-player Character) doesn’t create, he repeats. He doesn’t originate. He is a vector for whatever virus he is meant to spread. His opinions are given to […]
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Bunker Logic and Reason Lesson: The Granfalloon Technique
Here we go! Ever wonder why it is so easy for propagandists and powerful interests to control people? Funnel humans into manufactured cliques and give them something to protect (real or imagined,) and you can control the mass-man remotely. This is the “Granfalloon Technique.” You’ll want to pay attention on this one, because it is […]
Bunker Logic and Reason Lesson: The Overton Window
The term “Overton Window” is a way of describing how and where political ideas fall in the spectrum of acceptability and how the overall window moves through time. Ideas that once were considered “outside the window of possibility” become possible when the window shifts in one direction or another. A great example is the idea […]
The Musk Paradox
Listen up, people, and simmer down. I’ve just eaten a whole Cinnabon and here’s the 2nd part of the Elon Musk thing from the other day. The person closest to the right answer said that when Elon Musk enters into the simulation and walks out onto his porch he sees the “night sky.” This is […]
Bunker Logic and Reason Lesson: SELF-CENTRISM as a Cognitive Bias
Well, this one will probably piss everyone off…Today’s Bunker Logic and Reason Lesson is a cognitive bias that might surprise you. Most people know SELF-CENTEREDism as perhaps an unattractive character trait that, at some level, we all exhibit. But did you know that it causes a cognitive bias that can lead all of us into […]
Bunker Logic and Reason Lesson: Reversing the Burden of Proof
Bunker Logic and Reason tidbit. Not a full lesson. Just a quick morsel. One of the most frustrating things in the current anti-logic climate. It happens in every comment section… It is a form of “begging the question” that is also used to reverse the burden of proof: Post: *Correctly states that the government is […]
Bunker Logic and Reason Lesson: DEADBEAT BIAS
Today’s Bunker Logic and Reason Lesson is on a cognitive bias I will call DEADBEAT BIAS. This one will take some explaining, so buckle up. Here we go! Many people are familiar with the Cognitive Bias known as DUNNING-KRUGER (or The Dunning-Kruger Effect.) Dunning-Kruger is a cognitive bias in which people who are ignorant about […]
Bunker Logic and Reason Lessons: The FRAMING EFFECT
Today’s Bunker Logic and Reason Lesson is a cognitive bias called the FRAMING EFFECT. The Framing Effect cognitive bias, often combined with others, is one of the primary ways that information is presented to you today. So, let’s get started! The Framing Effect can become complicated, but simply stated it describes a specific bias in […]
Bunker Logic and Reason Lessons: The Bystander Effect
Today’s Bunker Logic and Reason lesson is on a cognitive bias called The Bystander Effect. Let’s get to it! The BYSTANDER EFFECT is the social phenomenon of people being less likely to offer assistance or help the more people are available to help. That was awkward! Let me rephrase: The more people there are who […]
