---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <punditster@...> wrote :
On 9/27/2014 6:22 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoiseb@... mailto:turquoiseb@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: Personally, I think that one of the most useful pieces of neuroscience would be a study that managed to visualize in the brain the exact moment in which someone decides "This guy is enlightened and telling me the truth and therefore everything he ever says from now on will be truth." If we knew what that looked like on the level of brain chemistry, we might someday be able to prevent it. :-) > If anyone were able to prevent others from drawing their own conclusions there would be no free will. You're not even making any sense. What you have just suggested would be a form of brain-washing. If bawee had his way we'd all be bowing at the altar of his making and probably look a little like this: