“The use of hypnosis to commit crimes is not really new in the Philippines. We've long heard many stories of store cashiers voluntarily handing over the cash in the register to a stranger, usually described as Indian-looking, after being hypnotized into doing so. When the stranger leaves the store with the cash, the cashier awakens from her trance wondering what had happened to her.”
You can read his two articles about it at:
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http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/lifestyle/lifestyle/view/20081006-164928/Criminals-now-use-hypnosis-to-rob-people
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http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/lifestyle/lifestyle/view/20081020-167502/Criminals-who-use-hypnosis
4 comments:
I've recently been listening to podcasts from Defcon/Last Hope about social engineering.
The speaker said that hypnosis only works when the subject is willing do that act in the first place or the act doesn't conflict with their core beliefs.
I guess those people really did want to give their money away.
Yeah, that's what I know hypnotists say. Which is why you can't, say, hypnotize someone to kill himself/herself -- the instinct for self-preservation is too strong.
So, does that mean I can't hypnotize myself to stopping eating?!
It's hopeless!!!
Licauco also mentioned that the more intelligent person is the one that gets hypnotized more.
People with short attention spans are hard to hypnotize!
Like Homer!
hehehe... ooohhhh
what's that?!
a donut!!!!
"So, does that mean I can't hypnotize myself to stopping eating?!"
Only if, deep down, you really want to stop eating. (Hmmm, maybe I should try that, too.) And you need to get someone else to hynpotize you, I think :)
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