ickplant@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 2 days agoWas he ever cognitively there?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square118linkfedilinkarrow-up1885arrow-down118
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minus-squarecobysev@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up85·2 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-squareGork@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up23·2 days agoIs there a term for Pavlov’s dog but done to yourself?
minus-squareMerva@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·2 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.