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Man is a predictor and says, 'I shall continue to do whatever my last solution predicted will be right
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The Minds of Men

Man is a predictor and says, 'I shall continue to do whatever my last solution predicted...

Man is a predictor and says, 'I shall continue to do whatever my last solution predicted will be right, so long as no detectable difference arises

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Man is a predictor and says, 'I shall continue to do whatever my last solution predicted will be right,
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so long as no detectable difference arises.
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10 seconds
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21
Timestamp in Movie
01:17:28
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...
I'm very curious to know just how far we can push this human operator. - The Minds of Men 00:05
I'm very curious to know just how far we can push this...
McCulloch: Would you please describe – - The Minds of Men 00:23
McCulloch: Would you please describe –
Man: The needs that power the human machine, - The Minds of Men 00:13
Man: The needs that power the human machine,
Narrator: Man the maker. Tools would give him control over his own world. - The Minds of Men 00:06
Narrator: Man the maker. Tools would give him control over...
Organization and extension using strategy for dominance and survival. - The Minds of Men 00:07
Organization and extension using strategy for dominance and...
Bavelas: You see, in the chain, the end man sends a message and then has nothing else to do. - The Minds of Men 00:08
Bavelas: You see, in the chain, the end man sends a message...
He merely waits for the answer to come back. - The Minds of Men 00:04
He merely waits for the answer to come back.
Narrator: Man splits into groups, tribes, cults of information - The Minds of Men 00:07
Narrator: Man splits into groups, tribes, cults of...
Bavelas: The number of messages sent, of course, correlates highly with where you are in the group. - The Minds of Men 00:07
Bavelas: The number of messages sent, of course, correlates...
Narrator: Clusters of knowledge; careful note of mysteries and breakthroughs, - The Minds of Men 00:09
Narrator: Clusters of knowledge; careful note of mysteries...
Bavelas: If we play this game on paper, - The Minds of Men 00:08
Bavelas: If we play this game on paper,
Neurons that fire together, wire together. Hebb proved that – - The Minds of Men 00:15
Neurons that fire together, wire together. Hebb proved that...
Wiener: A machine with an analogic part, and a digital part. - The Minds of Men 00:05
Wiener: A machine with an analogic part, and a digital part.
Bateson: So the analog part is able to create analogies - The Minds of Men 00:07
Bateson: So the analog part is able to create analogies
Wiener: Such a device may also use data from previous experience to predict the future. - The Minds of Men 00:07
Wiener: Such a device may also use data from previous...
Man: A tapestry, woven from the memories of past sensations. - The Minds of Men 00:05
Man: A tapestry, woven from the memories of past sensations.
Girl: I can't tell where this is going. Man: It depends on where you want to go. - The Minds of Men 00:06
Girl: I can't tell where this is going. Man: It depends...
Girl: Curiouser and curiouser... - The Minds of Men 00:05
Girl: Curiouser and curiouser...
Bateson: What I see when I look at you is, in fact, my image of you - The Minds of Men 00:08
Bateson: What I see when I look at you is, in fact, my image...
The how of using our senses is a deeply concealed body of knowledge. - The Minds of Men 00:05
The how of using our senses is a deeply concealed body of...