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The Minds of Men

Most assume they see what they look at

Most assume they see what they look at

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Most assume they see what they look at.
Duration
4 seconds
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25
Timestamp in Movie
01:20:25
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...
But the map is not the territory. - The Minds of Men 00:05
But the map is not the territory.
What gets from the territory to the map - The Minds of Men 00:15
What gets from the territory to the map
Narrator: After creating his neural nets model with Pitts, - The Minds of Men 00:09
Narrator: After creating his neural nets model with Pitts,
Perception. Our brains translated and converted analog symbols - The Minds of Men 00:09
Perception. Our brains translated and converted analog...
It wasn't reality that we see, but rods and cones - The Minds of Men 00:09
It wasn't reality that we see, but rods and cones
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.