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The Minds of Men

Alan Turing W. Ross Ashby Grey Walter and Donald MacKay were among its most important...

Alan Turing W. Ross Ashby Grey Walter and Donald MacKay were among its most important members

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Alan Turing
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W. Ross Ashby
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Grey Walter
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and Donald MacKay were among its most important members.
Duration
9 seconds
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19
Timestamp in Movie
01:10:26
Uploaded
Jul 01, 2025
Genres
documentary
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"The Minds of Men" is a 3+ year investigation into the experimentation, art, and practice of social engineering and mind control during the Cold War - a mind-bending journey into the past that gives startling insight into the worl...
His mechanical tortoise has an electronic brain which functions like the human mind. - The Minds of Men 00:06
His mechanical tortoise has an electronic brain which...
Sensitive to both light and touch, Dr. Walter says that his - The Minds of Men 00:14
Sensitive to both light and touch, Dr. Walter says that his
Narrator: But Grey Walter was more deeply involved in the study of brain wave activity itself. - The Minds of Men 00:07
Narrator: But Grey Walter was more deeply involved in the...
Man: Present day television and radio techniques afford an opportunity to probe into the brain. - The Minds of Men 00:08
Man: Present day television and radio techniques afford an...
Narrator: Mapping the relaxed states of mind characterized by alpha waves, - The Minds of Men 00:11
Narrator: Mapping the relaxed states of mind characterized...
Woman: Now I'm going to flash a bright light at you. Keep your eyes closed. - The Minds of Men 00:05
Woman: Now I'm going to flash a bright light at you....
Please try not to move. That's good. - The Minds of Men 00:06
Please try not to move. That's good.
Narrator: Grey Walter had also worked closely with Norbert Wiener, - The Minds of Men 00:11
Narrator: Grey Walter had also worked closely with Norbert...
Man: For each stimulus to a sense organ starts not one, - The Minds of Men 00:12
Man: For each stimulus to a sense organ starts not one,
McCulloch: The discussion began at Von Neumann's request, a conversation about consciousness - The Minds of Men 00:11
McCulloch: The discussion began at Von Neumann's...
Von Bonin held that it was probably not cerebral cortex - The Minds of Men 00:13
Von Bonin held that it was probably not cerebral cortex
Fremont-Smith went into the different degrees of consciousness - The Minds of Men 00:26
Fremont-Smith went into the different degrees of...
Narrator: Members of the Macy's Conferences, - The Minds of Men 00:16
Narrator: Members of the Macy's Conferences,
Man: Oh God, Oh no! Don't let them take me in there. - The Minds of Men 00:05
Man: Oh God, Oh no! Don't let them take me in there.
Narrator: Headed by John Rawlings Rees, - The Minds of Men 00:13
Narrator: Headed by John Rawlings Rees,
And a massive conference was convened in London in 1948. - The Minds of Men 00:05
And a massive conference was convened in London in 1948.
Man: It can serve as a springboard for more - The Minds of Men 00:10
Man: It can serve as a springboard for more
Narrator: To mold the post-war New World Man, starting inside his own head. - The Minds of Men 00:08
Narrator: To mold the post-war New World Man, starting...
Man: Because it enables the individual to fit into an orderly system. - The Minds of Men 00:06
Man: Because it enables the individual to fit into an...
Being a member of an organized group offers a basis for emotional stability to every man. - The Minds of Men 00:08
Being a member of an organized group offers a basis for...