@[email protected] to Political [email protected] • 10 days agoWas he ever cognitively there?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square115fedilinkarrow-up1888
arrow-up1888imageWas he ever cognitively there?lemmy.world@[email protected] to Political [email protected] • 10 days agomessage-square115fedilink
minus-squarecobysevlinkfedilinkEnglish85•10 days 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink23•10 days agoIs there a term for Pavlov’s dog but done to yourself?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•10 days 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.