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Poker, con artists and the psychology of risk and deception, with Maria Konnikova, PhD

Speaking of Psychology

CHAPTER

Is There a Big Difference Between the Bluff and the Con?

Artists take advantage of people for their own personal gain, and they deceive you knowingly. And poker, like i said, bluffing is part of the game. Everyone knows it. It's not like someone is trying to break a rule by cheating - if you're bluffing, you're actually just playing the game. Now, and they're con artists in every single profession. I mean, hell, they're con artist within the psychology profession. We've taught some of them, and their papers have kily, you know, ben, all withdrawn. But i'm sure ta there are some who falsified data, who are still out there.

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