I know some other people that have been radicalized and they too actually claim that they were mind control test subjects and that the CIA is conducting such experiments. They also are 911 truthers and see bogeymen behind every bush. There isn't a conspiracy theory that they aren't promoters of and believer in. Before jumping to conclusions here it would be prudent to assume that the link here is tenuous at best given the evidence available. Besides the title the article then goes out of its way to downplay the effect this may have had, noteworthy passages:
> questions remain over whether — or to what extent — he was affected by the experiment
> There has not been evidence to suggest LSD or similar substances were used at Harvard on Kaczynski.
> the “effect of Murray’s dubious, unethical experiment on Kaczynski is unknown.”
At best this is informed speculation, at worst the strong suggestion that Kaczynski was 'made by the CIA' has no support.
My own reading of this is that there are individuals who are prone to flipping out, even though they may well be very intelligent. In fact, intelligence may well be a net negative: you're going to see a lot of stuff in society that is extremely frustrating and you probably can't do a thing about it. Blessed are those that do not know.
Putting a lot of pressure on such an individual is definitely not going to help, but to make a 1:1 isn't helping either: chances are that your average individual exposed to these techniques isn't going to turn into the Unabomber, and that Kaczynski would have gone down that route anyway sooner or later. Just like my friends, who definitely were not part of a CIA mind control program. Fortunately they are not yet radicalized to take action beyond 'prepping' and moving away from society into a little hut in the bush but that may only be a matter of time. As long as the internet is feeding their beliefs I'm not very hopeful they will get better.
> even though they may well be very intelligent. In fact, intelligence may well be a net negative: you're going to see a lot of stuff in society that is extremely frustrating
Further than frustration: the rational individual will be overburdened in the attempt of digesting the unbelievable load of "irrational" that this world presents - personalities leaning on rationality will "desperately" try and make the instances of the irrational fit into some organic framework which would make them manageable. The intelligent will be under a staggering amount of internal fatigue, if somehow incapable of "leaving puzzling absurdities aside".
(Edited to better explain what is meant with "digestion".)
>My own reading of this is that there are individuals who are prone to flipping out, even though they may well be very intelligent.
The converse is also true, the vast majority of people will not react even when heinous atrocities are imposed on them, in a gradual manner. Most 'leaders' i.e politicians and high up executives in large corporation know this and use this fact to their benefit.
> questions remain over whether — or to what extent — he was affected by the experiment
> There has not been evidence to suggest LSD or similar substances were used at Harvard on Kaczynski.
> the “effect of Murray’s dubious, unethical experiment on Kaczynski is unknown.”
At best this is informed speculation, at worst the strong suggestion that Kaczynski was 'made by the CIA' has no support.
My own reading of this is that there are individuals who are prone to flipping out, even though they may well be very intelligent. In fact, intelligence may well be a net negative: you're going to see a lot of stuff in society that is extremely frustrating and you probably can't do a thing about it. Blessed are those that do not know.
Putting a lot of pressure on such an individual is definitely not going to help, but to make a 1:1 isn't helping either: chances are that your average individual exposed to these techniques isn't going to turn into the Unabomber, and that Kaczynski would have gone down that route anyway sooner or later. Just like my friends, who definitely were not part of a CIA mind control program. Fortunately they are not yet radicalized to take action beyond 'prepping' and moving away from society into a little hut in the bush but that may only be a matter of time. As long as the internet is feeding their beliefs I'm not very hopeful they will get better.