I am well aware that many people don't like science fiction. Even most of my friends don't. They believe that it's non-reality, useless fantasy, impossible creazy stuff all together. My opinion is that most of the unbelievable subjects are unbelievable "now", for the time being. If you are familiar with Jules Verne's world-famous novels, you cannot be unaware that almost all the creations of his imagination (absurd in his time, to say the least) have become reality. More recently, extremely evolved computers, laser beams, holography etc. are the materialization of stuff imagined much earlier by someone who could foresee the capacity of the human mind. But this capacity can also be exploited in a negative way. I remember watching a short sci-fi movie about a cult being introduced in our world by aliens in order to create a new race of slaves. The cult was freely accepted by many, with no coercion whatsoever, because they had been sweetly convinced that they were following the true faith and that they were voluntarily willing to offer their services. When finally the alien discards his human appearance, he says something like: "It's easier to subdue humans by convincing them through faith in a cause, because in this way they believe they are exercising their free will."
Do you think that this is a technique that "only" aliens would use or have thought of using?
Do you think that this is a technique that "only" aliens would use or have thought of using?
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