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Project - Project Alpha Part I

World's Greatest Con

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Yuri Geller's False God

After the segment, Geller assumed he was ruined. He would tell a journalist, I was destroyed. But that's not what happened. Despite his fears, Geller was far from destroyed. Because it turns out that when a belief is held, a deeply personal belief, getting dunked on is not an effective strategy to get people to change their mind. If anything, it will make you double down.

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