It’s a Subliminal World
As a start to this new season of Sprudio newsletters, let’s take a look at the phenomenon of subliminal stimuli. Many things that act subliminally upon our subconscious are quite accidental. For example, a phrase you hear on the radio or by chance in a nearby conversation strikes you as coincidence, because it fits perfectly with a dream you had recently (and would have forgotten). Numerous daily audio and visual inputs can act upon the subconscious in such a way as to give you the illusion of a psychic event – or at least get your attention. Next we have the intentional type of subliminal message that an advertiser, merchant or politician might make use of in a subtle way to influence your thinking (without your conscious knowledge). Largely deniable,…