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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