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Clever deceivers rarely tell outright falsehoods. It__ too risky. The art of deception is closely related to the magician__ craft: it involves knowing how to draw attention to a harmless place, to deflect it away from the action. Deeply entrenched patterns of perceptual, emotional, and cognitive dispositions serve as instruments of deception. A skilled deceiver is an illusionist who knows how to manipulate the normal patterns of what is salient to their audience. He places salient markers__omething red, something anomalous, something desirable__n the visual field, to draw attention just where he wants it.
Clancy Martin The Philosophy of Deception
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Clever deceivers rarely tell outright falsehoods. It__ too risky. The art of deception is closely related to the magician__ craft: it involves knowing how to draw attention to a harmless place, to deflect it away from the action. Deeply entrenched patterns of perceptual, emotional, and cognitive dispositions serve as instruments of deception. A skilled deceiver is an illusionist who knows how to manipulate the normal patterns of what is salient to their audience. He places salient markers__omething red, something anomalous, something desirable__n the visual field, to draw attention just where he wants it.
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