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In reply to the discussion: Eric Boehlert asks a terrifying question. [View all]Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)Would an expert confidence man feign anything? How well could they do it? Could they get someone intelligent like you to fall for it by being consistently convincing?
There are too many factors to go into, but you would have to call how far he has come pure luck, which falls into a category of belief for me and the evidence shows that he has been very successful. The rubes are very easy marks as we see, but the other side of the coin needs to believe certain, superficial things he injects into the overall conditioning of the population for his end game.
I really would like it to be as you say or otherwise. I guess I am hoping that more people can see through that in order to not be caught unawares because, "well, we never expected THAT!"f
Be Well.