An rudimentary example of such an experiment could be the following:
A research group identifies something that the public regularly mix up.
Maybe 80% of people remember adult nappies as 'depend' and 20% as 'depends'.
Using various media sources and techniques they can try to alter this ratio within the population.
They can then measure the effectiveness of the effort and method by re-testing the population.
Maybe they shift the ratio to 60% thinking it is 'depend' and 40% 'depends'.
Just a very basic example to give you an idea of how this is NOT a silly idea.
Such technology if elaborated and developed to be very effective could have great potential for propaganda purposes, for engineering consent, for defense and military purposes and for influencing public opinion at home or abroad of historical events.
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