Move 15 million votes in the presidential election? What is the pinnacle of behavioral science "psychological inducement effect"?

Hello, this is Shimoyama.

Recently, business hotels have been offering

day-use plans under the name “telework plans,”



in which they provide day-use options,

but in reality there are guests using them for purposes other than telework...



A friend of mine recently told me this story.



“The other day, when I stayed multiple nights at a business hotel,

in the lobby around noon I was waiting for the elevator,

and there was a man in his 50s checking in.

Since it wasn’t check-in time yet,

I thought maybe he was teleworking or something, and when I glanced back,

a middle-aged woman was waiting for the check-in to finish.

I thought, hmm, probably that’s what it is.



It might have been a coincidence, but another group followed shortly after,

a young couple in their 20s also lined up.

I guess that kind of demand is quite common.”



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The more intense the desire, the easier one is to be deceived

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Earlier, on YouTube, as one of three works about

“Three Manga That Changed My Values!!”I introduced

Yokoyama Mitsuteru’s “Records of the Grand Historian.”

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https://youtu.be/2KuJZyXrk1E



Among them,

I talked about “the idea that those who hold power

always fail because of money and women.” I spoke about that.



Just last week, a certain comedian

lost his status, fame, and work because of a female issue, but…



We must be careful with excessive desires.



Uncontrolled desires can ruin your life.



Furthermore, they also make you易 to be deceived.



In the world of investing there are many cases,



where the urge to “make money” is so strong

that people fall for false information and lose their money.



For example, stories about future predictions.



You might be lured into a dubious offer like,

“I’ll tell you which stock will rise.”

People end up chasing those promises and

throwing their money away,wouldn’t you agree?



The fact that no forecast is always right is something you can understand if you calm down a bit.





The more desire you have, the more you get blinded by near-term gains,

and you end up thinking “the future can be predicted,” which is a convenient belief.

It seems to enter that line of thinking.



If this resonates with you,

please be careful.



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Move 15 million votes in a presidential election?

The peak of behavioral science: the “psychological persuasion effect.”

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Now, since March,

the world has been dyed in COVID-19, but gradually things are turning again.

From today, the 19th,



there were reports that President Trump’s rally would resume

after three and a half months, but




an upcoming major event in the first half of this year

the U.S. presidential election

is starting to move gradually as well.



Who will win, together with various data,

you will see many forecasts from now on.



Personally, I don’t think it’s meaningful to predict the election results,



and I believe prediction is impossible, but…



However,

“what elements influence the election outcome?”

I think contemplating that is meaningful.



What do you think?

What will greatly affect the presidential election results?



As the era changes, the way information exists

has changed greatly,

and one thing I want to touch on is the “search engines.”



The American psychologist Dr. Robert Epstein

testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee last year



that “the way search engines present informationcan influence whom people vote for,”

and that









the so-called “search engine manipulation effect”

was invoked,



and Epstein warns that the effect is enormous,




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they are more powerful than

most any effects

I’ve ever seen in behavioral sciences

and I’ve been in behavioral sciences

for almost 40 years.


‘Google Expert to Senator Cruz: 15 Million 2020 Votes At Risk’
by Corinne Weaver
mrc News Busters

https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/techwatch/corinne-weaver/2019/07/17/google-expert-senator-cruz-15-million-2020-votes-risk
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Google says

there is no deliberate manipulation and denies it,

and I cannot judge how accurate what the doctor says is.

However,



when you search the web,

the content that appears at the top can move

people’s psychology, no doubt.



For example, when you search the word “stock academy,”

if articles with negative content appear on the first page and many positive personal experiences appear



the impression you receive will be completely different.



Even if there was no deliberate manipulation,

when you search a candidate’s name, what kind of content articles

rise to the top

could have a large impact on the election result.



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In a world where thoughtful people are exploited

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Presidential elections are a topic of America,

so they are not directly related,



What I wanted to convey this time is

that in this smartphones-enabled era, information is readily accessible anywhere,

and with these convenient tools,

people’s psychology is greatly influenced.







As we move into the 5G era, vast amounts of information will be gathered,

big data will be analyzed by AI,

and people’s psyches will be moved more easily

than ever before, it is expected.



What is needed in such a era

is the ability to think for oneself.



Rather than being swept away by the waves of information,

one should find the answers they believe are right

themselves, and go get the information on their own

or you will become a suckers who gets money sucked out of them.







Thank you for watching until the end today as well.






Keizo Shimoyama