Hypnosis - the Immortal Myth

[Garvarn]

Some myths never die. Today, Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet reports that bank clerks in Moldavia are urged not to look clients in the eye. It is suspected that a Russian bank robber is using hypnosis to make clerks give away cash in the amount of thousands. The robberies end with the alleged hypnotist snapping his fingers and the clerk "waking up" not knowing what has occured.

I don't know what is funniest about this. That officials take this kind of crap serious or that a Swedish tabloid, aspiring to be regarded as serious, reports it -- whitout letting someone that actually knows something about hypnosis comment upon it.

The same old question arises: is it OK to call b_llsh_t "b_llsh_t", or do we always have to "consider the possibilities", grant that "science cannot produce an absolute truth" or just generally "be open to other views"?

 

[athon]

Ha, what nonsense.

Everybody knows you really need one of those coloured, spirally spinning wheels to hypnotise people.

Athon

 

[kmortis]

Ha, what nonsense.

Everybody knows you really need one of those coloured, spirally spinning wheels to hypnotise people.

Athon

But I thought it was a shiny watch. Which, with Sweden's proximity to Switzerland (at least in comparison to Canada), makes perfect sense. Obviously the robbers popped down to Geneva, got some new Shiney Watches (tm), came back up and robbed the bank so they could pay off the Watchmaker.

I could tie ID into this, but this isn't the humor forum, so I won't.

 

[brettDbass]

Look into my eyes, look into my eyes, don't look around the eyes, don't look around the eyes, look into my eyes... *click* ... You're under.

 

[TJ]

*sigh*

Another positive example to prove that there is no limit to credulity. It's sad.