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The Minds of Men

It wasn't reality that we see, but rods and cones interpreting the shapes and shadows and...

It wasn't reality that we see, but rods and cones interpreting the shapes and shadows and colors of the real world

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It wasn't reality that we see, but rods and cones
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interpreting the shapes and shadows and colors of the real world.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
01:21:01
Uploaded
Jul 01, 2025
Genres
documentary
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Movie Summary

"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...
For frogs, it meant an eye trained to see primarily flies and bugs - The Minds of Men 00:14
For frogs, it meant an eye trained to see primarily flies...
Human senses were tricked by many things in the labs, - The Minds of Men 00:09
Human senses were tricked by many things in the labs,
Man: Why do the two heads seem to change sides? - The Minds of Men 00:04
Man: Why do the two heads seem to change sides?
Computer Voice: Plato's famous allegory of the cave. - The Minds of Men 00:05
Computer Voice: Plato's famous allegory of the cave.
Reality is nothing more than shadow puppets projected on the cave walls. - The Minds of Men 00:06
Reality is nothing more than shadow puppets projected on the...
Man: It goes all the way around, it's an optical illusion. - The Minds of Men 00:05
Man: It goes all the way around, it's an optical...
But even though you tell me, my eyes still won't believe it. - The Minds of Men 00:06
But even though you tell me, my eyes still won't...
Narrator: When you run circles around the military's technologically driven future, - The Minds of Men 00:16
Narrator: When you run circles around the military's...
When you run circles around the whole of human society - The Minds of Men 00:27
When you run circles around the whole of human society
In the end, the whole of man could be controlled through his dependence on his environment. - The Minds of Men 00:06
In the end, the whole of man could be controlled through his...
♪(dramatic music) - The Minds of Men 00:31
♪(dramatic music)
In other words, the mind is already contained within a natural matrix. - The Minds of Men 00:06
In other words, the mind is already contained within a...
McCulloch: Focused on communication, - The Minds of Men 00:16
McCulloch: Focused on communication,
(echoes) - The Minds of Men 00:35
(echoes)
Bateson: A matrix is supposed to give birth, not receive. - The Minds of Men 00:05
Bateson: A matrix is supposed to give birth, not receive.
And yet what I want to talk about is very definitely the birth of a matrix. - The Minds of Men 00:08
And yet what I want to talk about is very definitely the...
The matrix has been a growing thing - The Minds of Men 00:09
The matrix has been a growing thing
And I believe, more and more fertile as time has gone on. - The Minds of Men 00:07
And I believe, more and more fertile as time has gone on.
Pattern comes from Pater, the father. - The Minds of Men 00:04
Pattern comes from Pater, the father.
A stamp the Papa is making again and again children of himself. - The Minds of Men 00:06
A stamp the Papa is making again and again children of...