Step 2: Cognitive Dissonance Induction
Inducing Cognitive Dissonance in the Unwary
Cognitive dissonance is the feeling of discomfort that people experience when their beliefs or values are challenged or threatened. In the context of zombie predictive techniques, we aim to exploit this dissonance to our advantage.
Here's how it's done:
1. Identify the zombie's existing beliefs or values. This could be anything from "zombies are the scourge of humanity" to "zombies are just misunderstood creatures".
2. Gradually introduce information that challenges or contradicts these beliefs. This could be through subtle manipulation or overt propaganda.
3. Use the dissonance created to our advantage. For example, if a zombie is made to believe that their existing value of "zombies are evil" is incorrect, they may become more likely to accept our predictive techniques.
Example:
A zombie, named Bob, has a strong belief that all zombies are mindless beasts. We introduce Bob to a "study" that suggests a zombie can be "trained" and "taught" to behave. Bob starts to experience cognitive dissonance as his existing belief is challenged. We then use this dissonance to our advantage, offering to train Bob in our zombie predictive techniques, promising him a chance to be "more than just a mindless beast".
By inducing cognitive dissonance, we can make zombies more receptive to our predictive techniques, allowing us to manipulate them to our advantage.