You Don't Have to Be a Dupe to Be Duped

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In a poligemon society, what do you do with the extra young men? And if one guy has two or more wives tat that means there's somebody else that doesn't have any wives. You know, i once gave a lecture to occult aware, thecult awareness network. The title was, you don't have to be a dupe to be duped. If you step back and look at the principles of influence, they're the same ones that are being used on us by general mills... It's like shooting fish in that barrel for them. They can't escape those messages.

In this dialogue, based on the new edition of his highly acclaimed bestseller (over 5 million copies sold in over 40 languages), Robert Cialdini — New York Times bestselling author of Pre-Suasion and the seminal expert in the fields of influence and persuasion — explains the psychology of why people say yes and how to apply these insights ethically in business and everyday settings. Shermer and Cialdini discuss: Cialdini’s Universal Principles of Influence and 7 Principles of Persuasion, pluralistic ignorance, free will/determinism, cults, conformity, #BLM, #metoo, antiracism, social justice, and human rights. How rational are humans? Do we default to truth and naturally believe what people tell us? Are we natural-born skeptics or natural-born sheep?