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| − | [[Perception- | + | [[Perception-based thinking]] is the belief that how people ''perceive'' reality is more important than ''reality itself'' -- that real power consists of being able to affect what people think reality is, rather than being to effect changes in the real world. |
There is some truth to this in that it is often possible to make people do what you want, even when it is against their own interests, by [[control of knowledge is control of action|controlling what they believe]]. | There is some truth to this in that it is often possible to make people do what you want, even when it is against their own interests, by [[control of knowledge is control of action|controlling what they believe]]. | ||
Revision as of 17:11, 11 January 2015
Perception-based thinking is the belief that how people perceive reality is more important than reality itself -- that real power consists of being able to affect what people think reality is, rather than being to effect changes in the real world.
There is some truth to this in that it is often possible to make people do what you want, even when it is against their own interests, by controlling what they believe.