I understand where you are coming from, I was merely pointing to those ideas, not necessarily endorsing them. I didn't take your treatment as an actual endorsement of the existence of magic, no worries there. It is interesting however to see how words can really affect the human psyche, especially when oft repeated as a conditioning agent. Having gone through Brave New World again recently, I got a lot out of reading these.

I haven't personally tried the rice experiment, as it would have to be done many times over many months to provide me with anything I would consider reliable data, and even then, I couldn't control for all variables - even in a sterile lab (where did the rice come from, how was it treated etc.). It would be, if anything, be a merely fun experiment.