Psychological illusionist

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Have you seen Derren Brown: The Sacrifice? We just watched it on Netflix and I still have mixed feelings about it. Derren Brown is a hypnotist, a psychological illusionist. He set up an extremely elaborate experiment where, unknown to the subject, he manipulated the man "Phil" to see if he could be convinced to take a bullet for another person. Phil originally had strong feelings against illegal immigration into the US. The producers subjected him to a series of psychological situations to see if they could create enough empathy that Phil would sacrifice his own life for an illegal from Mexico. I won't spoil the ending in case you want to watch it. But it was an extremely frightening experience for him. And I wonder if the effect was helpful or harmful. I may be overreacting, but this type of mind control and psychological influence could be used on a larger scale on a group of citizens and not in a positive way. Phil's experience may have had a good outcome. I don't know. But Big Brother, 1984, Brave New World, and the Antichrist come to mind. What do you think about this?