Influencers

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

But in general - and specifically in the video - critical thinking is not an issue when it comes to being influenced.  It's a demonstration of how we can't help being influenced. No one sees an ice cube tray and employs critical thinking to avoid taking a selfie with an ice cube tray. It's not really a higher brain function.

Boru

I'd call that manipulation. Given how we can be affected by environment via osmosis, then yes, you can manipulate people by induction (indirectly), which is what he does in the vid. Is that really thinking about it though?

Of course it’s manipulation - all influencing is manipulation to a greater or lesser extent.

But my point that influence isn’t an area that involves critical thinking at all. People aren’t subject to influence on a level that requires thinking about it. If it did, you’d have to critically analyze literally every experience you ever have to determine if it has influenced you. No one does that, because no one CAN do that. 

So, it’s a mistake to imply that people who are influence can’t think critically.

Boru