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From: gwangung@blake.acs.washington.edu (Roger Tang)
Newsgroups: comp.society.futures
Subject: Re: Subliminal
Summary: It don't work!
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Date: 11 Apr 89 21:34:41 GMT
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Reply-To: gwangung@blake.acs.washington.edu (Roger Tang)
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	I wouldn't be that worried about subliminal messages affecting
behavior.  It just doesn't happen; check the literature!  At best, there
might be some subliminal perception occurring, but changes in behavior
just doesn't happen.
	"Subliminal perception" is one of the great urban myths of the day;
communication researcheres (Vance Packard is NOT one of them) haven't
found much to it.