Pt 3: Understanding Cognitive Warfare

The use of Ad Hominem attacks or diversionary methods is part of Cognitive Warfare.:
https://juxtaposition1.substack.com/p/pt-3-understanding-cognitive-warfare

Cognitive warfare (CW) consists of any military activities, conducted in synchronization with other instruments of power, affecting attitudes and behaviors, by influencing, protecting, or disrupting individual, group, or population level cognition, to gain an advantage over an adversary. It is an extension of form of information warfare using propaganda and disinformation.

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) General Paolo Ruggiero distinguishes it from other information-related activities by its objectives: "Its goal is not what individuals think, but rather, the way they think." Cognitive warfare refers to the way that human thought, reasoning, sense-making, decision-making, and behavior may be engineered through not only the manipulation of information, but also by the A.I./ML network of algorithms which push information through the internet.[1] Other methods of Cognitive Warfare include the targeted use of inaudible sound waves (frequency of <20 Hz) and microwaves to incapacitate enemy forces by disrupting the neurological functions of human targets without causing visible injury. According to the U.S. National Institute of Health, Infrasound’s effect on the human inner ear includes “vertigo, imbalance, intolerable sensations, incapacitation, disorientation, nausea, vomiting, and bowel spasm; and resonances in inner organs, such as the heart." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_warfare

https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2023/april/cognitive-warfare-maneuvering-human-dimension

People are divided into control groups:

sex, sexuality

age, family generation gaps

Politics, work

Music, sports, hobbies, entertainment

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