John Sweeney: Brainwashing people is wrong

Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit Invited Speaker Series, 2014/15

Abstract
John Sweeney states the bleeding obvious in a hilarious and thought-provoking talk on the dangers of brainwashing. Totalitarian thought reform works in places like C21st North Korea, Mao’s China and inside cults because information is restricted. The antidote to that is mockery and tolerance of humour.

NB: No laughing is allowed.

Biography
John Sweeney is a journalist and author. He has worked for The Observer newspaper, the BBC’s Newsnight and as an investigative journalist for the BBC’s Panorama series until being made redundant after imitating an exploding tomato with the Church of Scientology. Here’s Sweeney discussing the finer points of Scientology cosmology with a leading Church practitioner: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxqR5NPhtLI

APRU Invited Speaker Programme

Dates & times

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2 Dec 2014	6:00pm - 7:30pm	apple google outlook

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