A reliable way to make people believe in falsehoods is frequent repetition, because familiarity is not easily distinguished from truth. Authoritarian institutions and marketers have always known this fact.

One can't live mindfully without being enmeshed in psychological processes that are around us.

Situational variables can exert powerful influences over human behavior, more so that we recognize or acknowledge.

I have been primarily interested in how and why ordinary people do unusual things, things that seem alien to their natures. Why do good people sometimes act evil? Why do smart people sometimes do dumb or irrational things?

Human behavior is incredibly pliable, plastic.

Being hurt personally triggered a curiosity about how such beliefs are formed.