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Over the decades, cult operatives have fished through Singer's trash, sent her death threats and picketed her lectures. They've released dozens of live rats at her house, put dead ones on her doorstep (hearts skewered with lollipop sticks) and hacked into her computer so many times she doesn't use one any more. Once a cultist talked her way into working in Singer's campus office, then stole a sheaf of term papers and sent bizarre notes to the students.

— Margaret Singer has made history delving into the psychology of brainwashing

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Over the decades, cult operatives have fished through Singer's trash, sent her death threats and picketed her lectures. They've released dozens of live rats at her house, put dead ones on her doorstep (hearts skewered with lollipop sticks) and hacked into her computer so many times she doesn't use one any more. Once a cultist talked her way into working in Singer's campus office, then stole a sheaf of term papers and sent bizarre notes to the students." in the context of "Margaret Singer has made history delving into the psychology of brainwashing, San Francisco Chronicle (26 May 2002)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Margaret Singer

About Margaret Singer

Margaret Thaler Singer Ph.D. (29 July 1921 – 23 November 2003) was a clinical psychologist and adjunct professor emeritus of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, USA.