haha! howdy youhavewings! this is a great post because it is so thought-provoking in a serious way and then the questions are a riot! I got a few of those but the others aren't fair, they're trick questions! lol. Or else I'm just feeling totally outsmarted.
Who is Edward Bernays? that name is familiar.
Howdy @janton. I must have missed your comment yesterday!
They are critical thinking questions. They are meant to make you pay attention closely and use linear thinking to solve each mystery. Yes, they can be tricky because we often times don't access that part of the brain to think. Watch that little vid up there to understand. So the more you use this type of thinking, the more you build your capacity to think critically. If you think these are difficult, the 4th grade version of "Red Herring Mysteries" will really boggle your mind. I would love to share those but they are really adamant about not sharing anything from their books. It's really interesting how much of our thinking comes from emotion, assumptions. LOL It's a great topic (to me anyway).
I highly recommend researching him. He is the father of propaganda and his methods of basically brainwashing people or making them think they want something that they don't are used by gov't, politicians, corporations - it's very useful information. If you really want to be disturbed, watch the very long (but excellent) documentary "Century of the Self". This film goes into depth about Bernays and Freud.
howdy back youhavewings! Who is adamant about not sharing their books? Isn't that unusual?
So about Bernays, you can study his book and then see how the politicians are trying to convince people to go their direction?
Have you been able to use any of these techniques on your kids or husband? lol... I mean for their own good or at least to try and get your husband to see something the way you do?