When I was a kid me and my friends used to like playing with static electricity.
If you took a balloon that was filled, and rubbed it on your hair, you could pull your hair up.
For kids, it looked like some kind of magic.
There’s that saying that if science is sufficiently advanced beyond our understanding, it will look like magic.
This is in a few time travel movies, most famously “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court,” by Mark Twain.
The guy was about to be executed, but because he knew when there was going to be an eclipse, he said he was going to blot out the sun.
They believed him and he escaped.
There are plenty of other examples in stories, and history, or advanced cultures bringing scientific devices to primitive places.
One thing that seems mysterious and magical to many people is the idea of human nature.
But plenty of people have shown again and again that human behavior is much more scientific.
Perhaps we like to believe in magic, or perhaps we don’t like the idea of our actions being so predictable.
In Cialdini’s famous work, “Influence,” he demonstrated that influence is much more science than art.
And by understanding certain principles, and applying them correctly, you can get some scientifically consistent results.
One of these principles is that humans have unlimited wants and needs.
If you just sit there, your desire for oxygen will turn into a desire to get rid of carbon dioxide.
On a molecular level, your body NEVER rests.
Mentally it’s the same. We ALWAYS have unfulfilled wants.
They may be tiny, like something to drink or they may be huge, like the need to escape an alien invasion.
But they’ll always be there.
And one way to get people in a VERY GOOD mood, is to get them talking about those wants and needs.
Especially under a best case scenario.
You’ll find that building up their general desires, no matter WHAT they are, will make them “sticky.”
Just like rubbing a balloon will make IT sticky, and lift your hair up.
When you get their desires big and sticky enough, you can attach them to anything.
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