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The Minds of Men

They got a direct science grant from Congress

They got a direct science grant from Congress

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They got a direct science grant from Congress.
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03:04:51
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Jul 01, 2025
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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...
Congress doesn't give grants for scientific research. - The Minds of Men 00:05
Congress doesn't give grants for scientific research.
They came out with $500,000, they gave it to NIMH, - The Minds of Men 00:18
They came out with $500,000, they gave it to NIMH,
All of this, despite the fact that brain lesions - The Minds of Men 00:10
All of this, despite the fact that brain lesions
In 1939, psychologist and mescaline researcher Heinrich Klüver - The Minds of Men 00:29
In 1939, psychologist and mescaline researcher Heinrich...
The same effects were produced when lesions were burned into the amygdala as well. - The Minds of Men 00:05
The same effects were produced when lesions were burned into...
Now I found myself looking at what looked like one of - The Minds of Men 00:17
Now I found myself looking at what looked like one of
Narrator: One unlikely source of concern came in the source of neurologist Ernst Rodin, - The Minds of Men 00:19
Narrator: One unlikely source of concern came in the source...
Dr. Rodin came away with a very different picture of what was actually going on in Boston - The Minds of Men 00:08
Dr. Rodin came away with a very different picture of what...
The nursing staff informed him that, - The Minds of Men 00:16
The nursing staff informed him that,
Dr. Ira Sherwin, the Boston Project's head neurologist, concurred with the nurses - The Minds of Men 00:14
Dr. Ira Sherwin, the Boston Project's head neurologist,...
Of "Violence and the Brain" and Mark and Ervin's research, - The Minds of Men 00:27
Of "Violence and the Brain" and Mark and...
So we have these American surgeons - The Minds of Men 00:16
So we have these American surgeons
Can you imagine anything more totalitarian than putting psychiatry and justice together? - The Minds of Men 00:07
Can you imagine anything more totalitarian than putting...
Narrator: By 1972, internal LEAA memos show - The Minds of Men 00:21
Narrator: By 1972, internal LEAA memos show
In addition to evidence of misuse of federal funds - The Minds of Men 00:24
In addition to evidence of misuse of federal funds
Because, as it should be glaringly obvious by now, - The Minds of Men 00:09
Because, as it should be glaringly obvious by now,
Delgado: In chimpanzee Paddy, brain waves telemetered from the left and right amygdala - The Minds of Men 00:12
Delgado: In chimpanzee Paddy, brain waves telemetered from...
This instrument was instructed to recognize a specific pattern of waves. - The Minds of Men 00:06
This instrument was instructed to recognize a specific...
The computer was also instructed to activate a stimulator. - The Minds of Men 00:05
The computer was also instructed to activate a stimulator.
Each time the waves appeared, radio signals were sent to Paddy's brain - The Minds of Men 00:10
Each time the waves appeared, radio signals were sent to...