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  • How Cults Control Their Members

    Posted on by Sierra Knapp

    There are over 2,000 cults in America today and the members of these keep growing. They are getting popular as the rise of people were former members are speaking out and telling their story. Not all cults are necessarily bad, but the ones that are, how do they keep their members from leaving?

    By definition, a cult is “a religion regarded as unorthodox or spurious; the object of such devotion; a great devotion to a person, idea, object, movement, or work” (Definition). Cults are a massively interesting topic since there are so many documentaries and videos out about them because of the way they manipulate people into believing in a drastic way of life. Continue reading → Post ID 720

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  • What Music Does

    Posted on by Sierra Knapp

    As a human being, it’s natural for me to like music. And like many other human beings, I have a set of genres that I like and dislike. But what makes music so interesting and likeable? The use of it just as leisure, as a studying method, it can make us feel emotions that you didn’t think you could have from a song, it’s a conversation piece, and its’ art is what makes it so valuable to us.

    Music is everywhere. We sometimes notice and sometimes it’s so common that it’s strange to not hear music. When you hear certain music, your brain produces dopamine, which is the happy chemical in your body as it’s the hormone that has the most drastic effect on your emotions and pleasures. Continue reading → Post ID 720

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