Hypnotism is an exceptionally interesting experience to witness firsthand. With an object as ordinary as a swinging pocket watch, some individuals have the power to gain control of another person's mind by lulling them into a meditative state. The hypnotist is able to speak to the person's subconscious mind, directly bypassing their normal conscious thoughts and defenses, influencing them on their most basic level of thought. This instigates an unusual response in individuals under hypnosis, as they ignore all but what the hypnotist suggests. The Christopher Nolan movie Inception d...

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Plato's response was to continue to teach the methods of Socrates in order to clear his mentor's name as a corruptor and in order to defy authority- in a sense to be true to himself. ... Plato's teaching method was the exploration of the question itself, and coming to a satisfactory answer was not the intent of the discussion. ...

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