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The Minds of Men

Theseus is an electrically-controlled mouse. He has the ability to solve problems by trial...

Theseus is an electrically-controlled mouse. He has the ability to solve problems by trial and error means, and remember the solution in something perhaps akin to a brain

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Theseus is an electrically-controlled mouse. He has the ability to solve problems
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by trial and error means, and remember the solution in something perhaps akin to a brain...
Duration
12 seconds
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18
Timestamp in Movie
01:10:07
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...
Narrator: A counterpart to Macy's, the Ratio Club was formed in 1949 in the UK. - The Minds of Men 00:07
Narrator: A counterpart to Macy's, the Ratio Club was...
Alan Turing - The Minds of Men 00:09
Alan Turing
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...