Sunday, July 3, 2011

Philosophy Wire: President’s limousine, fridge magnets and the power of brainwashing

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  "The existence of forgetting has never been proved: We only know that some things don't come to mind when we want them"

Friedrich Nietzsche

Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2011-07-03]: The Presidential Seal we all admire in the wings of the presidential limousine fell off during a road trip of Obama [source: CNN News]. According to the CIA (agent’s of which looked for the seal in the road) is that the seal is not engraved on the limousine – it is just a magnet attached to it like any refrigerator magnet. Many times we have the wrong impression for things. Many times we have been brainwashed to think that the tools the presidents and the “important persons” of the world have are just too unique for us to have. Next time you attach a small Pizza Hut magnet on your refrigerator, think twice…

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