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Am I Brainwashed? - Finding the Real Reality

by Asa Boxer

Jun 15, 2021
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Douglas Quaid (Arnold Schwarzenegger) gets his brain cleaned in Total Recall (1990).

Combining poem and prose, this essay by Asa Boxer draws on ideas from films, literature, science and philosophy to examine a question of particular importance in our age of rampant censorship and disinformation: How do you know if you're brainwashed?

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