Ep 85: Influencing Minds; MoF pt. 7

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our main segment features a piece done by NPR on their Hidden Brain podcast a few years ago. We discuss the type of mindset people need in order to be influenced for various purposes. Hope and fear feature in informing the mindset of a receptive brain when facts simply aren’t enough. After that we get into the next segment of The Miracle of Forgiveness by Spencer W. Kimball. We read a couple of the most infamous passages from the book including the level of sin assessed on survivors of sexual assault and the implication that those who choose to end their own lives are unforgivable. This is a heavy segment but we lighten it up with some fun and a poetic reading by Shannon from the book. We finish the episode with happy news about black Santas! Be sure to join us next Monday Nov 29th at 6 p.m. MST for our first live hangout!</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Main topic: Facts Aren’t Enough: The Psychology of False Beliefs, From the podcast, Hidden Brain: A Conversation About Life’s Unseen Patterns.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><a href= "https://www.npr.org/2019/07/18/743195213/facts-arent-enough-the-psychology-of-false-beliefs"> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://www.npr.org/2019/07/18/743195213/facts-arent-enough-the-psychology-of-false-beliefs</span></a></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Influential Mind, by Tali Sharot:</span> <a href= "https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781627792653"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781627792653</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Happy News:</span> <a href= "https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/black-santa-disney-parks/index.html"> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/black-santa-disney-parks/index.html</span></a></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">WE MET OUR FIRST PATREON GOAL!! Quarterly live Q&A’s are now on the program!  First one is Monday Nov 29th at 6 p.m. MST </spa