but examples of the total control of one person's mind by another, a la Fu Manchu or the Demon Headmaster, are harder to locate. In fact, I couldn't find any, pre-Mesmer (but maybe you know different?).
Mostly what comes to mind are stories of control of the living by the dead, which is possession and therefore something different; but I'll think about it.
Using a combination of cutting-edge technologies derived from Lavoisier, the Jacquard Loom, and Mesmerism, these monsters were able to implant thoughts and even cause death - and, as far as Matthews was concerned, they were working their evil magic on, amongst others, William Pitt the Younger, in a plot strangely preminiscent of The Manchurian Candidate.
I must read up on this.
What is the evolutionary advantage of secreting salt water from one's eyes in moments of sadness, pain, or proximity to onions?
In proximity to onions, to wash the eyes of onion fumes (or dust, or fur, or perfume, etc.). Emotionally? I have no idea. For all I know, it's simply chemically linked in to some other mechanism regulating adrenaline or all the other chemistry that clutters up your brain when you're upset.
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Mostly what comes to mind are stories of control of the living by the dead, which is possession and therefore something different; but I'll think about it.
Using a combination of cutting-edge technologies derived from Lavoisier, the Jacquard Loom, and Mesmerism, these monsters were able to implant thoughts and even cause death - and, as far as Matthews was concerned, they were working their evil magic on, amongst others, William Pitt the Younger, in a plot strangely preminiscent of The Manchurian Candidate.
I must read up on this.
What is the evolutionary advantage of secreting salt water from one's eyes in moments of sadness, pain, or proximity to onions?
In proximity to onions, to wash the eyes of onion fumes (or dust, or fur, or perfume, etc.). Emotionally? I have no idea. For all I know, it's simply chemically linked in to some other mechanism regulating adrenaline or all the other chemistry that clutters up your brain when you're upset.