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In my late 20’s, my favorite aunt died of emphysema. She was a heavy smoker who tried every quit-smoking product on the market including an experimental form of “shock therapy” that was briefly used to cure cigarette addiction, but nothing worked. Short-term success always gave way to renewed smoking. She spent months gasping for breath. Then she died a wheezing, shrunken death, leaving behind a devoted husband and four young sons.

We’re all familiar with stage hypnotists who can make their volunteers do things no ordinary human would consider doing. For example, they can make people forget their own names, make a middle-aged mother act like a stripper, or make their subjects hop around like rabbits or bark like dogs. News flash: it’s all about entertainment.