Gullibility
January 15th, 2009
One could say that the religious are gullible or easily influenced with regards to their ‘faith’. But we all can be hoodwinked or negatively influenced.
A book that’s on my reading list is the Annals of Gullibility: Why we are duped and how to avoid it. Written by Stephen Greenspan who himself was duped in the Madoff Scandal.
You can listen to Stephen talk about the book on the NPR Science Friday Podcast.
January 15th, 2009 at 3:29 pm
So true. Thanks for the pointer to Science Friday. Just signed-up.
Now, if only we could send relgious fraudsters to jail like we do the financial ones.
January 15th, 2009 at 7:52 pm
Thanks, an awesome companion book I’d recommend is called “Influence: The psychology of persuasion” by Robert B. Cialdini. A great to teach you the influence tricks used all the time by hucksters (and co-workers).