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Very interesting session, and ongoing discussion below.  Nice to have, among other things, Angela's thoughts about the experience of facilitating co-constructive inquiry.

Struck too by the distinction being made (by Jessica among others) between "story telling" and "charisma" (including story telling and role playing).  See Science as Storytelling or Story Telling?  The argument here is that one can use "stories" to make something more appealing/engaging (ie add charisma) or one can acknowledge that all understandings are "stories", ie  local "truths," tentative, revisable.  Whether there is or is not "charisma" in that (I like to think there can be), at least the latter by its very nature avoids the problem of brain washing (and perhaps even helps to immunize people against future encounters with it).