An open question, related to cyberpunk culture.

Considering the possibilities of current social-engineering as used by social media and desinformation, to what degree ido you think it is now possible to ‘implant’ fake memories into somebody’s consciousness, without that person noticing it.

  • Rolando@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    I agree. Getting people to believe they took part in <some event> x years ago might not be easy. But can you get people to question certain secundairy elements. “Did I really meet <some person> during <some event> 4 years ago?”

    It would probably be pretty easy in a cult-like situation, where the person wants to believe it and has a community that supports that belief. Also, I think certain types of cognitive-behavioral therapy boil down to convincing yourself that a certain belief/memory is better managed by turning it into a different belief/memory. But that’s not something I’m as familiar with.