Watching the full movie, it feels like a dream of Elizabeth. She has worked hard for her belief from beginning to end. She firmly believes that she can succeed, that she is doing something to change the world and the future, and that she is the female version of Jobs. If the 19-year-old is arrogant, she has learned a little bit at university and thought she knew everything, then she was completely caught up in the lies made by herself, not only arrogant, but also paranoid. There are too many lies, and there is no turning back. She can only keep hinting that she will succeed and give herself strong enough psychological hints to continue this dream.
Too many people were injured in this scam, not just the investors, but also the tens of thousands of ordinary people who had to choose her equipment because they couldn't pay for medical expenses. They had hope and thought that they were in the future. The result was just a scam. No illness was judged as sick, and illness was judged as not sick. In the video, Taylor said: If people who suffer from syphilis use our equipment, there will only be more and more people suffering from syphilis in the world.
It is also a kind of injury to those who firmly believe that Elizabeth will succeed. "Fortune" reporters once found it difficult to accept the truth. He was the one who made Elizabeth famous, and he played a huge role in promoting all this. For those investors, they have lost part of their wealth, but for those who believe in, support, and admire Elizabeth, they have lost time, effort and feelings. This kind of injury is far more painful than money.
There is a very wonderful description in the film, I did not write it down myself, but quoted a discussion written by a bean friend.
experiment one:
Participants choose the top or bottom face of the dice in their minds first, and will be rewarded according to the points of the chosen face, and then roll the dice, telling themselves what they chose by default. Because there is no need to inform in advance, no one knows even if they change their minds after the dice hits the ground. Therefore, the experimental results show that most people are lucky and get good rewards.
This experiment was carried out without any supervision. It is very likely that subjects lied in order to obtain rewards, but this could not be confirmed.
Experiment 2:
In the above dice experiment, a polygraph was introduced, and it was divided into two different conditions to test under which circumstances the subjects are more inclined to lie:
1) Only for dice experiment, no other prerequisites
2) Inform the subjects in advance that all the rewards will be donated to charity
Answer: the second
Conclusion: When people believe that they are doing the right thing for a better vision, they will rationalize their behavior.
In fact, it is a kind of self-deception and anesthesia. After persuading themselves with so-called legitimate reasons or grand goals, people tend to lie in order to achieve a certain goal, and it is easier to feel at ease.
To put it bluntly, you even deceived yourself, should there be someone more sincere than this?
In the film, a scientist hired by the company in the early days, a Cambridge PhD student who participated in Edison's core experiment, committed suicide because he could not complete a technical problem. He applied for too many patents for the company, but in the end he was involved in the lawsuit. If he wants to deny Elizabeth's "drop of blood into gold" concept, it is tantamount to denying all the patents he has applied for. I don’t know what magic power Elizabeth has that made this scientist reluctant to tell the truth. Maybe the reason for his suicide was because he was in a dilemma of self-denial, maybe he never doubted the authenticity of this technology from beginning to end. , He only doubted himself, he thought he was incapable of completing that great blueprint for the future, so he finally chose to stop himself. Elizabeth seemed to have a kind of magic, maybe she was too confident. Believe in yourself too much to infect the people around you and make everyone follow her to believe the lie. If a person wants to persuade others, doesn't he have to be convinced first?
Until the end, Elizabeth still refused to admit her mistakes, which made those who had supported her even more chilling. Everything has been exposed, why are they struggling. But for Elizabeth, she has no turning back, she can't admit her mistake, she can only go wrong to the end. I admire her ability to lobby, admire her eloquence, admire her courage and her business ingenuity. She really has no medical foundation and no huge scientific dreams. Her dream is to become a billionaire. Her teacher sees this most clearly. In order to promote her "technology" effectively, she even changed the Arizona law that does not allow patients to use laboratory tests without authorization. The abilities she possesses are truly breathtaking. Her steadfast belief in herself has also made political and business leaders and high-tech talents gather around her. Looking back on it carefully, these people are actually paying for the dream of a 19-year-old girl, an arrogant, shallow girl who longs for fame, wealth and money. However, after waking up from the dream, everything is empty.
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