After a while the noise seemed gradually to die away, till all was dead silence, and Alice lifted up her head in some alarm. There was no one to be seen, and her first thought was that she must have been dreaming about the Lion and the Unicorn and those still lying at her feet, on which she had tried to cut the plumcake, - So I wasn't dreaming, after all, - she said to herself, - unless - unless we're all part of the same dream. Only I do hope it's MY dream, and not the Red King's! I don't like belonging to another person's dream, - she went on in a rather complaining tone: - I've a great mind to go and wake him, and see what happens!
At this moment her thoughts were interrupted by a loud shouting of - Ahoy! Ahoy! Check! and a Knight dressed in crimson armour, came galloping down upon her, brandishing a great club. Just as he reached her, the horse stopped suddenly: - You're my prisoner! - the Knight cried, as he tumbled off his horse.
Startled as she was, Alice was more frightened for him than for herself at the moment, and watched him with some anxiety as he mounted again. As soon as he was comfortably in the saddle, he began once more - You're my - but here another voice broke in - Ahoy! Ahoy! Check! - and Alice looked round in some surprise for the new enemy.
This time it was a White Knight. He drew up at Alice's side, and tumbled off his horse just as the Red Knight had done: then he got on again, and the two Knights sat and looked at each other for some time without speaking. Alice looked from one to the other in some bewilderment. - She's MY prisoner, you know! - the Red Knight said at last.
- Yes, but then _I_ came and rescued her! - the White Knight replied.
- Well, we must fight for her, then, - said the Red Knight, as he took up his helmet (which hung from the saddle, and was something the shape of a horse's head, and put it on.
- You will observe the Rules of Battle, of course? - the White Knight remarked, putting on his helmet too.
- I always do, - said the Red Knight, and they began banging away at each other with such fury that Alice got behind a tree to be out of the way of the blows.
- I wonder, now, what the Rules of Battle are, - she said to herself, as she watched the fight, timidly peeping out from her hiding-place: - one Rule seems to be, that if one Knight hits the other, he knocks him off his horse, and if he misses, he tumbles off himself - and another Rule seems to be that they hold their clubs with their arms, as if they were Punch and Judy - What a noise they make when they tumble! Just like a whole set of fireirons falling into the fender! And how quiet the horses are! They let them get on and off them just as if they were tables!
- It was a glorious victory, wasn't it? - said the White Knight, as he came up panting.
- I don't know, - Alice said doubtfully. - I don't want to be anybody's prisoner. I want to be a Queen.
- So you will, when you've crossed the next brook, - said the White Knight. - I'll see you safe to the end of the wood - and then I must go back, you know. That's the end of my move.
- Thank you very much, - said Alice. - May I help you off with your helmet? - It was evidently more than he could manage by himself; however, she managed to shake him out of it at last.
- Now one can breathe more easily, - said the Knight, putting back his shaggy hair with both hands, and turning his gentle face and large mild eyes to Alice. She thought she had never seen such a strange-looking soldier in all her life.
- I see you're admiring my little box. - the Knight said in a friendly tone. - It's my own invention - to keep clothes and sandwiches in. You see I carry it upside-down, so that the rain can't get in.
- But the things can get OUT, - Alice gently remarked. - Do you know the lid's open?
- I didn't know it, - the Knight said, a shade of vexation passing over his face. - Then all the things much have fallen out! And the box is no use without them. - He unfastened it as he spoke, and was just going to throw it into the bushes, when a sudden though seemed to strike him, and he hung it carefully on a tree. - Can you guess why I did that? - he said to Alice.
Alice shook her head. - In hopes some bees my make a nest in it - then I should get the honey.
- But you've got a bee-hive - or something like one - fastened to the saddle, - said Alice.
- Yes, it's a very good bee-hive, - the Knight said in a discontented tone, - one of the best kind. But not a single bee has come near it yet. And the other thing is a mouse-trap. I suppose the mice keep the bees out - or the bees keep the mice out, I don't know which.
- I was wondering what the mouse-trap was for, - said Alice. - It isn't very likely there would be any mice on the horse's back.
- Not very likely, perhaps, - said the Knight: - but if they DO come, I don't choose to have them running all about.
- You see, - he went on after a pause, - it's as well to be provided for EVERYTHING. That's the reason the horse has all those anklets round his feet.
- But what are they for? - Alice asked in a tone of great curiosity.
- To guard against the bites of sharks, - the Knight replied. - It's an invention of my own. And now help me on. I'll go with you to the end of the wood - What's the dish for?
- It's meant for plum-cake, - said Alice.
- We'd better take it with us, the Knight said. - It'll some in handy if we find any plum-cake. Help me to get it into this bag.
This took a very long time to manage, though Alice held the bag open very carefully, because the Knight was so VERY awkward in putting in the dish: the first two or three times that he tried he fell in himself instead. - It's rather a tight fit, you see, - he said, as they got it in a last; - There are so many candlesticks in the bag. - And he hung it to the saddle, which was already loaded with bunches of carrots, and fire-irons, and many other things.
- I hope you've got your hair well fastened on? - he continued, as they set off.
- Only in the usual way, - alice said, smiling.
- That's hardly enough, - he said, anxiously. - You see the wind is so VERY strong here. It's as strong as soup.
- Have you invented a plan for keeping the hair from being blown off? - Alice enquired.
- Not yet, - said the Knight. - But I've got a plan for keeping it from FALLING off.
- I should like to hear it, very much.
- First you take an upright stick, - said the Knight. - Then you make your hair creep up it, like a fruit-tree. Now the reason hair falls off is because it hangs DOWN - things never fall UPWARDS, you know. It's a plan of my own invention. You may try it if you like.
- I'm afraid you've not had much practice in riding, - she ventured to say, as she was helping him up from his fifth tumble.
The Knight looked very much surprised, and a little offended at the remark. - What makes you say that? - he asked, as he scrambled back into the saddle, keeping hold of Alice's hair with one hand, to save himself from falling over on the other side.
- Because people don't fall off quite so often, when they've had much practice.
- I've had plenty of practice, - the Knight said very gravely: - plenty of practice!
Alice could think of nothing better to say than - Indeed? - but she said it as heartily as she could. They went on a little way in silence after this, the Knight with his eyes shut, muttering to himself, and Alice watching anxiously for the next tumble.
- The great art of riding, - the Knight suddenly began in a loud voice, waving his right arm as he spoke, - is to keep - Here the sentence ended as suddenly as it had begun, as the Knight fell heavily on the top of his head exactly in the path were Alice was walking. She was quite frightened this time, and said in an anxious tone, as she picked him up, - I hope no bones are broken?
- Plenty of practice? - he went on repeating, all the time that Alice was getting him on his feet again. - Plenty of practice!
- It's too ridiculous! - cried Alice, losing all her patience this time. - You ought to have a wooden horse on wheels, that you ought!
- Does that kind go smoothly? - the Knight asked in a tone of great interest, clasping his arms round the horse's neck as he spoke, just in time to save himself from tumbling off again.
- Much more smoothly than a live horse, - Alice said, with a little scream of laughter, in spite of all she could do to prevent it.
- I'll get one, - the Knight said thoughtfully to himself. - One or two - several.
There was a short silence after this, and then the Knight went on again. - I'm a great hand at inventing things. Now, I daresay you noticed, that last time you picked me up, that I was looking rather thoughtful?
- You WERE a little grave, - said Alice.
- Well, just then I was inventing a new way of getting over a gate - would you like to hear it?
- Very much indeed, - Alice said politely.
- I'll tell you how I came to think of it, - said the Knight. - You see, I said to myself, "The only difficulty is with the feet: the HEAD is high enough already." Now, first I put my head on the top of the gate - then I stand on my head - then the feet are high enough, you see - then I'm over, you see.
- Yes, I suppose you'd be over when that was done, - Alice said thoughtfully: - but don't you think it would be rather hard?
- I haven't tried it yet, - the Knight said, gravely: - so I can't tell for certain - but I'm afraid it WOULD be a little hard.
He looked so vexed at the idea, that Alice changed the subject hastily. - What a curious helmet you've got! - she said cheerfully. - Is that your invention too?
The Knight looked down proudly at his helmet, which hung from the saddle. - Yes, - he said, - but I've invented a better one than that like a sugar loaf. When I used to wear it, if I fell of the horse, it always touched the ground directly. So I had a VERY little way to fall, you see - But there WAS the danger of falling INTO it, to be sure. THat happened to me once - and the worst of it was, before I could get out again, the other White Knight came and put it on. He thought it was his own helmet.
The knight looked so solemn about it that Alice did not dare to laugh. - I'm afraid you must have hurt him, - she said in a trembling voice, - being on the top of his head.
- I had to kick him, of course, - the Knight said, very seriously. - And then he took the helmet off again - but it took hours and hours to get me out. I was as fast as - as lightning, you know.
- But that's a different kind of fastness, - Alice objected. The Knight shook his head. - It was all kinds of fastness with me, I can assure you! - he said. He raised his hands in some excitement as he said this, and instantly rolled out of the saddle, and fell headlong into a deep ditch.
Alice ran to the side of the ditch to look for him. She was rather startled by the fall, as for some time he had kept on very well, and she was afraid that he really WAS hurt this time. However, though she could see nothing but the soles of his feet, she was much relieved to hear that he was talking on in his usual tone. - All kinds of fastness, - he repeated: - but it was careless of him to put another man's helmet on - with the man in it, too.
- How CAN you go on talking so quietly, head downwards? - Alice asked, as she dragged him out by the feet, and laid him in a heap on the bank.
The Knight looked surprised at the question. - What does it matter where my body happens to be? - he said. - My mind goes on working all the same. In fact, the more head downwards I am, the more I keep inventing new things.
- Now the cleverest thing of the sort that I ever did, - he went on after a pause, - was inventing a new pudding during the meatcourse.
- In time to have it cooked for the next course? - said Alice. - Well, not the NEXT course, - the Knight said in a slow thoughtful tone: - no, certainly not the next COURSE.
- Then it would have to be the next day. I suppose you wouldn't have two pudding-courses in one dinner?
- Well, not the NEXT day, - the Knight repeated as before: - not the next DAY. In fact, - he went on, holding his head down, and his voice getting lower and lower, - I don't believe that pudding ever WAS cooked! In fact, I don't believe that pudding ever WILL be cooked! And yet it was a very clever pudding to invent.
- What did you mean it to be made of? - Alice asked, hoping to cheer him up, for the poor Knight seemed quite low-spirited about it.
It began with blotting paper, - the Knight answered with a groan. - That wouldn't be very nice, I'm afraid - Not very nice ALONE, - he interrupted, quite eagerly: - but you've no idea what a difference it makes mixing it with other things such as gunpowder and sealing-wax. And here I must leave you. - They had just come to the end of the wood.
Alice could only look puzzled: she was thinking of the pudding. - You are sad, - the Knight said in an anxious tone: - let me sing you a song to comfort you.
- Is it very long? - Alice asked, for she had heard a good deal of poetry that day.
- Or else what? - said Alice, for the Knight had made a sudden pause.
- Or else it doesn't, you know. The name of the song is called "HADDOCKS - EYES."
- Oh, that's the name of the song, is it? - Alice said, trying to feel interested.
- No, you don't understand, - the Knight said, looking a little vexed. - That's what the name is CALLED. The name really IS "THE AGED AGED MAN."
- Then I ought to have said "That's what the SONG is called"? - Alice corrected herself.
- No, you oughtn't: that's quite another thing! The SONG is called "WAYS AND MEANS": but that's only what it's CALLED, you know!
- Well, what IS the song, then? - said Alice, who was by this time completely bewildered.
- I was coming to that, - the Knight said. - The song really IS "A-SITTING ON A GATE": and the tune's my own invention.
Of all the strange things that Alice saw in her journey Through The Looking-Glass, this was the one that she always remembered most clearly. Years afterwards she could bring the whole scene back again, as if it had been only yesterday - the mild blue eyes and kindly smile of the Knight - the setting sun gleaming through his hair, and shining on his armour in a blaze of light that quite dazzled her the horse quietly moving about, with the reins hanging loose on his neck, cropping the grass at her feet - and the black shadows of the forest behind - all this she took in like a picture, as, with one hand shading her eyes, she leant against a green, watching the strange pair, and listening, in a half dream, to the melancholy music of the song.
- But the tune ISN'T his own invention, - she said to herself: - it's "I GIVE THEE ALL, I CAN NO MORE." - She stood and listened very attentively, but no tears came into her eyes.
"Who are you, aged man? - I said.
As the Knight sang the last words of the ballad, he gathered up the reins, and turned his horse's head along the road by which they had come. - You've only a few yards to go, - he said, - down the hill and over that little brook, and then you'll be a Queen - -But you'll stay and see me off first? - he added as Alice turned with an eager look in the direction to which he pointed. - I shan't be long. You'll wait and wave your handkerchief when I get to that turn in the road? I think it'll encourage me, you see.
- Of course I'll wait, - said Alice: - and thank you very much for coming so far - and for the song - I liked it very much.
- I hope so, - the Knight said doubtfully: - but you didn't cry so much as I thought you would.
So they shook hands, and then the Knight rode slowly away into the forest. - It won't take long to see him OFF, I expect, - Alice said to herself, as she stood watching him. - There he goes! Right on his head as usual! However, he gets on again pretty easily - that comes of having so many things hung round the horse - So she went on talking to herself, as she watched the horse walking leisurely along the road, and the Knight tumbling off, first on one side and then on the other. After the fourth or fifth tumble he reached the turn, and then she waved her handkerchief to him, and waited till he was out of sight.
and threw herself down to rest on a lawn as soft as moss, with little flower-beds dotted about it here and there. - Oh, how glad I am to get here! And what IS this on my head? - she exclaimed in a tone of dismay, as she put her hands up to something very heavy, and fitted tight all round her head.
- But how CAN it have got there without my knowing it? - she said to herself, as she lifted it off, and set it on her lap to make out what it could possibly be.


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Filter: "James Cook University of North Queensland"
chapter Catholic Missions to the Aborigines in North Queensland
From Lectures on North Queensland history. No. 4 chapter 3 pp. 54-72
Maguire, John Edited by Dalton, B. J.. Townsville. James Cook University of North Queensland, 1984
chapter Charters Towers and the Boer War
From Lectures on North Queensland history. No. 4 chapter 5 pp. 96-120
Neal, Joan Edited by Dalton, B. J.. Townsville. James Cook University of North Queensland, 1984
chapter The Civil Liberties Movement in Townsville: 1977-79
From Lectures on North Queensland history. No. 4 chapter 12 pp. 230-253
Saunders, Malcolm Edited by Dalton, B. J.. Townsville. James Cook University of North Queensland, 1984
chapter The diaries of S.M. Smith Government Agent: a new light on the Pacific Islands labour trade
Edmondson, C. Edited by Dalton, B.J.. Townsville. James Cook University of North Queensland, 1984
chapter End matter including Notes on the contributors and a list of James Cook Theses on North Queensland History completed since 1978
From Lectures on North Queensland history. No. 4 pp. 254-256
Edited by Dalton, B. J.. Townsville. James Cook University of North Queensland, 1984
chapter Front matter including table of contents, lists of maps, illustrations and graphs, and the editor's foreword
From Lectures on North Queensland history. No. 4 00
chapter Hinchinbrook Shire during World War Two
Wegner, Janice Edited by Dalton, B. J.. Townsville. James Cook University of North Queensland, 1984
chapter McCormack, Rymer and the Bowen industrial troubles: 1925
From Lectures on North Queensland history. No. 4 chapter 8 pp. 172-183
Smith, Anne Edited by Dalton, B. J.. Townsville. James Cook University of North Queensland, 1984
chapter Miasma, Termites and a nice view of the dam: the development of the highset house in North Queensland
Bell, Peter Edited by Dalton, B. J.. Townsville. James Cook University of North Queensland, 1984
chapter Moslem Albanians in North Queensland
Carne, J.C. Edited by Dalton, B. J.. Townsville. James Cook University of North Queensland, 1984

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package org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.security.user;

import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
import com.google.common.collect.Iterators;
import org.apache.jackrabbit.api.security.user.Authorizable;
import org.apache.jackrabbit.api.security.user.Group;
import org.apache.jackrabbit.api.security.user.User;
import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.api.PropertyState;
import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.api.Tree;
import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.api.Type;
import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.spi.security.ConfigurationParameters;
import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.spi.security.principal.EveryonePrincipal;
import org.junit.Test;

import javax.jcr.nodetype.ConstraintViolationException;
import java.security.Principal;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.UUID;

import static org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.spi.security.user.UserConstants.REP_MEMBERS;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertSame;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyLong;
import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.eq;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.clearInvocations;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;

public class GroupImplTest extends AbstractUserTest {

    private final String groupId = "gr" + UUID.randomUUID();

    private UserManagerImpl uMgr;
    private GroupImpl group;

    @Override
    public void before() throws Exception {
        super.before();

        uMgr = createUserManagerImpl(root);
        Group g = uMgr.createGroup(groupId);

        group = new GroupImpl(groupId, root.getTree(g.getPath()), uMgr);
    }

    @Override
    public void after() throws Exception {
        try {
            clearInvocations(monitor);
            root.refresh();
        } finally {
            super.after();
        }
    }

    private void verifyMonitor(long failedCnt, boolean isRemove) {
        verify(monitor).doneUpdateMembers(anyLong(), eq(1L), eq(failedCnt), eq(isRemove));
    }

    @Test
    public void testIsGroup() {
        assertTrue(group.isGroup());
    }

    @Test
    public void testRemove() throws Exception {
        group.remove();
        assertNull(uMgr.getAuthorizable(groupId, Group.class));
    }

    @Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class)
    public void testCheckValidTree() throws Exception {
        new GroupImpl(getTestUser().getID(), root.getTree(getTestUser().getPath()), uMgr);
    }

    @Test
    public void testAddMemberInvalidAuthorizable() throws Exception {
        assertFalse(group.addMember(mock(Authorizable.class)));
        verifyMonitor(1, false);
    }

    @Test
    public void testAddMemberEveryone() throws Exception {
        Group everyoneGroup = uMgr.createGroup(EveryonePrincipal.getInstance());
        assertFalse(group.addMember(everyoneGroup));
        verifyMonitor(1, false);
    }

    @Test
    public void testAddMemberItself() throws Exception {
        assertFalse(group.addMember(group));
        verifyMonitor(1, false);
    }

    @Test(expected = ConstraintViolationException.class)
    public void testAddMemberWithCycle() throws Exception {
        Group g2 = uMgr.createGroup("group2");
        g2.addMember(group);
        group.addMember(g2);
    }

    @Test
    public void testRemoveMemberInvalidAuthorizable() throws Exception {
        assertFalse(group.removeMember(mock(Authorizable.class)));
        verifyMonitor(1, true);
    }

    @Test
    public void testRemoveNotMember() throws Exception {
        assertFalse(group.removeMember(getTestUser()));
        verifyMonitor(1, true);
    }

    @Test
    public void testIsMemberInvalidAuthorizable() throws Exception {
        assertFalse(group.isMember(mock(Authorizable.class)));
    }

    @Test
    public void testGroupPrincipal() throws Exception {
        Principal groupPrincipal = group.getPrincipal();
        assertTrue(groupPrincipal instanceof AbstractGroupPrincipal);

        AbstractGroupPrincipal agp = (AbstractGroupPrincipal) groupPrincipal;
        assertSame(uMgr, agp.getUserManager());
        assertEquals(group.isEveryone(), agp.isEveryone());
    }

    @Test
    public void testGroupPrincipalIsMember() throws Exception {
        group.addMember(getTestUser());

        AbstractGroupPrincipal groupPrincipal = (AbstractGroupPrincipal) group.getPrincipal();
        assertTrue(groupPrincipal.isMember(getTestUser()));
    }

    @Test
    public void testGroupPrincipalMembers() throws Exception {
        group.addMember(getTestUser());

        AbstractGroupPrincipal groupPrincipal = (AbstractGroupPrincipal) group.getPrincipal();
        Iterator<Authorizable> members = groupPrincipal.getMembers();
        assertTrue(Iterators.elementsEqual(group.getMembers(), members));
    }

    @Test
    public void testImpactOfOak8054AddingMembers() throws Exception {
        Tree groupTree = root.getTree(group.getPath());
        groupTree.setProperty(REP_MEMBERS, ImmutableList.of(new UserProvider(root, ConfigurationParameters.EMPTY).getContentID(getTestUser().getID())), Type.STRINGS);
        root.commit();

        group.addMember(uMgr.createUser("userid", null));
        root.commit();

        groupTree = root.getTree(group.getPath());
        PropertyState membersProp = groupTree.getProperty(REP_MEMBERS);
        assertEquals(Type.WEAKREFERENCES, membersProp.getType());
        assertEquals(2, membersProp.count());
    }

    @Test
    public void testImpactOfOak8054RemovingMembers() throws Exception {
        User user = uMgr.createUser("userid", null);
        UserProvider up = new UserProvider(root, ConfigurationParameters.EMPTY);
        Tree groupTree = root.getTree(group.getPath());
        groupTree.setProperty(REP_MEMBERS, ImmutableList.of(up.getContentID(getTestUser().getID()), up.getContentID(user.getID())), Type.STRINGS);
        root.commit();

        group.removeMembers(user.getID());
        root.commit();

        groupTree = root.getTree(group.getPath());
        PropertyState membersProp = groupTree.getProperty(REP_MEMBERS);
        assertEquals(Type.WEAKREFERENCES, membersProp.getType());
        assertEquals(1, membersProp.count());
    }
}

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Sea Patrol er en australsk tv-serie, der blev vist fra 2007 til 2011. Serien foregår på den fiktive patruljebåd HMAS Hammersley i den Australske søværn, Royal Australian Navy (RAN) og fokuserer på skibet og besætningens liv.

Eksterne henvisninger / Kilder
 Seriens hjemmeside

Tv-serier fra Australien

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Home Games Troy Baker Teased 'Death Stranding' Release Date on Twitter
Troy Baker Teased 'Death Stranding' Release Date on Twitter
Just recently, social media was flooded with #2009vs2019 or #10yearchallenge, where users posted on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram photos of them ten years ago and this year. The world soon began making jokes about politics, celebrities and so on, but in the end, we all know everyone got hit by nostalgia.
Was Troy Baker one of the nostalgic people? Thanks to this new challenge, he might have even teased the release date of Death Stranding!
Death Stranding Release Date Teased
Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding was presented at the Game Awards in December 2018, and the game creator said that 2019 would bring "big news." Things have been quiet ever since and now Baker posts this photo:
Troy Baker is the actor cast for the leading role in Death Stranding, so his post obviously shows that the game will be released this year. Everything rumored and hinted so far points to 2019.
Death Stranding is a TBA title set for 2019, but as with all TBA 2019, the schedule is not set in stone – any delay could happen.
However, this post which we might just vaguely interpret, could actually be true, considering Hideo Kojima's interview, hinted that Death Stranding would be released this year:
Is 2019 the year of the Whale? Please look forward to Death Stranding!
Since the game was revealed, whale images were connected to the game. The first teaser from 2016 showed beached whales on the horizon.
Is it any surprise that Death Stranding is the most highly anticipated game in 2019? Even Jordan Vogt-Roberts, the film Director of Metal Gear Solid said that he could not wait for this title:
Today I watched Kojima-San direct a cutscene. I've watched hours of his cinematics and witnessing one in real life was beyond special. Death Stranding is unlike anything you've seen. Get excited.
We are more than excited!
Death Stranding game The Game Awards


Why is fake news so dangerous? Blame your easily-fooled brain.
Experiments have shown that people are in far less control of their decisions than they believe.
What did you eat for dinner last night and why? Who did you vote for in the last election? Why did you choose to marry your husband or wife? These are questions to which the majority of us could provide reasonable answers. But what if you are wrong—what if someone else made those decisions for you.
In a series of experiments, Swedish philosopher Petter Johansson of Lund University demonstrated that unseen forces can heavily influence our decisions, and our reasoning is sometimes only used to justify our decisions in hindsight. His research suggests that we are in far less control of our decisions than we may think, and that people can be made to change their minds about all kinds of things.
In one experiment, Johansson asked participants to decide which people they found more attractive by showing them a series of pictures of people printed on index cards. The participants were asked to choose between two faces. After they made their selection, Johansson used a sleight of hand to give participants the card they did not pick but asked them to explain why they chose that particular face. Over 80% of the participants did not notice that Johansson had switched the cards, and proceeded to give detailed explanations of why they preferred the face they didn't actually prefer. What's more, when Johansson let participants make the choice again, they uniformly chose the face they did not pick the first time.
People were tricked into changing their minds and had no idea it had happened. Johansson and his colleagues labeled this phenomenon "choice blindness," meaning that sometimes we are blind to our own choices and preferences.
You may be thinking that choosing between two faces on cards is pretty inconsequential, and that choice blindness surely wouldn't hold for more important matters. Johansson did another experiment of more magnitude a few years later. This time he gave participants a chart and asked them to rank where they stood on various political issues. Again, he used a trick to completely flip participants' answers from conservative to liberal and vice versa. This time, 90% of participants failed to detect the switch, and proceeded to justify their fake responses, often reasoning for an opposing political view.
Researchers have repeated versions of Johansson's experiments with all kinds of decisions, such as purchasing things as straightforward as jelly and tea, with the same results. All it takes is a little manipulation to make most people choose a different face, a different flavor tea, or a polar opposite political stance.
The implications are far-reaching. If you are wondering why "fake news" is so dangerous, one reason is that choice blindness makes it easy to trick people's minds. The most cynical interpretation is that our choices don't actually matter, that an outside force routinely spins our collective wheels, and that we only justify our decisions after the fact. But as an optimistic brain scientist, I see it differently.
Johansson's experiments show that our beliefs are remarkably flexible: we aren't as rigid in our thinking as we think, and neither are the people around us. If we can get someone to really examine the opposite point of view, and to think as if that view was his or her own, we can change minds. The old wives' tale is wise indeed: place yourself in someone else's shoes before judging.


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