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Why we get conned and how to avoid it, with Daniel Simons, PhD, and Christopher Chabris, PhD

Speaking of Psychology

CHAPTER

How to Avoid Being Taken in by Scammers, Con Artists and Other Liars

New book explores how scammers, con artists and other liars fool us. Author: "We tend to think that only the most gullible among us can be deceived" Dr. Shabri says truth bias is a precondition for being taken in by any kind of scam or fraud. Other cognitive habits we have can get us into further trouble, they say.

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