Originally posted by English TalI agree, as long as you admit there's nothing to it but clever psychology. Unfortunately for you, this leaves the nature of the industry uncontrolled, unregulated and not only unable to assure the benefits of its use, but also open to personal bias and abuse.
Nothing wrong with that. The Placebo is the single most tested medicine in the world...it is tested against everything. Nice one!
Originally posted by StarrmanTrue, you've hit the nail on the head regarding abuse by charlatans...hence my original posting on this thread. Constructive comments are always appreciated!
I agree, as long as you admit there's nothing to it but clever psychology. Unfortunately for you, this leaves the nature of the industry uncontrolled, unregulated and not only unable to assure the benefits of its use, but also open to personal bias and abuse.
Originally posted by English TalAnd what safeguards are there to seperate a supposed bonafide practitioner from a charlatan?
True, you've hit the nail on the head regarding abuse by charlatans...hence my original posting on this thread. Constructive comments are always appreciated!
Originally posted by StarrmanThe Industry, as you rightly stated, is indeed unregulated. There have been many attempts at changing this and I won't bore you with the failed Parliamentary acts over the years, and the reasons why they failed. (Occasionally, this can appear as a 'witch hunt'.... and in the 1960's one mp even tried to pass an act forbidding the sale of hypnotic music!) The trouble is, MP's don't understand the subject much beyond their 'knowledge' of stage hypnosis, and the proposed legislation fails miserably. This subject is now rearing its head again (rightly so); the idea being to regulate the 'complimentary' therapies (as opposed to the 'alternative' therapies). Most practitioners of complimentary therapies (if they are genuine) should belong to a national register of sorts, and hold relevant insurance.
And what safeguards are there to seperate a supposed bonafide practitioner from a charlatan?
Any practitioner claiming miracle cures should be avoided at all costs!
Back to the question at hand, I asked the question and got two responses -
"Hello *removed*,
It was due to a mirror
warm regards
charles"
Closely followed by -
"actually it can't be to do with a mirror
the photographer set it up wrong"
So, it doesn't sound like this guy knows what's going on, much less able to hypnotize anyone to chess greatness.
Originally posted by StarrmanWhat about acupuncture? Its still real right? I'm currently having acupuncture coupled with hypnotherapy to increase the size of my penis. While its still too soon to expect any significant length increase, I'm already seeing signs of increased girthiness.
Perhaps you'd like to cite the scientific papers which back your profession as being anything more than a placebo effect?
Originally posted by st00p1dfac3Actually, the most common way for this "wrongly set up chess board" to find its way into print media is for the pic to be reversed. Those who set up the layouts for this kind of thing routinely try the pics one way, then reversed, to see which is more esthetically pleasing. There was a time when close to 50% of all pictures used in magazine advertisements were reversed.
Back to the question at hand, I asked the question and got two responses -
"Hello *removed*,
It was due to a mirror
warm regards
charles"
Closely followed by -
"actually it can't be to do with a mirror
the photographer set it up wrong"
So, it doesn't sound like this guy knows what's going on, much less able to hypnotize anyone to chess greatness.
Originally posted by Suzianneare you sure??
Actually, the most common way for this "wrongly set up chess board" to find its way into print media is for the pic to be reversed. Those who set up the layouts for this kind of thing routinely try the pics one way, then reversed, to see which is more esthetically pleasing. There was a time when close to 50% of all pictures used in magazine advertisements were reversed.
Originally posted by SuzianneThat doesn't explain the location of the two Queens.
Actually, the most common way for this "wrongly set up chess board" to find its way into print media is for the pic to be reversed. Those who set up the layouts for this kind of thing routinely try the pics one way, then reversed, to see which is more esthetically pleasing. There was a time when close to 50% of all pictures used in magazine advertisements were reversed.
Originally posted by rmackenwell, there are some kinds of pics that layout people learn can't be reversed. Those with words in the pic, or those depicting asymmetical objects, like cars, with the steering wheel on one side, are well-known, but I can easily imagine someone not knowing the difference with a chessboard setup.
are you sure??
But yeah, it was a statistic I came across way back when I took a course on subliminal advertising. Today, with digital pics, it doesn't happen nearly as often, because reversing a digital pic is a little more complicated than just flipping a transparency over on the layout table. When it's done today, more than likely it's done for a reason and not just because someone forgot to flip it back over.