You Are Not So Smart

226 - The World's Greatest Con - Brian Brushwood

Feb 20, 2022
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INSIGHT

Psychological Warfare

  • Operation Mincemeat succeeded by playing on Hitler's biases and desires.
  • This psychological manipulation led Hitler to misjudge the Allied invasion plans.
INSIGHT

Stage Hypnotism Mechanics

  • Stage hypnotism relies on compliance, small asks, and the manipulation of fame and shame.
  • Participants self-select for compliance and are gradually led into deeper states of suggestibility.
ANECDOTE

Operation Mincemeat

  • Brian Brushwood's podcast, "World's Greatest Con," explores the greatest cons in history.
  • Season one focuses on Operation Mincemeat, a British WWII deception involving a fake identity and misleading documents.
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