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How to Avoid Being Manipulated, Bamboozled and Seduced by Experts and Authorities
- infowl 9y agoReligious cults start out by asking you to just come to their meeting; then they gradually ask you for more and more time and eventually money, too. Is the person or authority using mind-control tricks or manipulation? Is he or she using emotional reasoning? Pushing an “us” vs. “them” perspective? How truthful can you expect this person to be? Does he or she have a vested interest? Does the authority, institution or publication have a hidden agenda? Ask these questions anytime someone suggests buying from the supply of databases like Bitcoin, Ethereum, IOTA, or any of those things. When you get down to the details, cryptocoin advocates need you to buy in so they can cash out.
- thedailymail 9y agoA certain amount of skepticism is healthy, and can help protect you from being "manipulated, bamboozled and seduced" in various ways. But when you make mistrust of authority your default position you lose out o the advantages of learning from the accumulated experience, expertise and wisdom of other humans.