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Oh Jesus.
Get it :biggrin2:
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He handled her well. A little conceded but at least he didn't call her dumb.
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Transient said:
So which one is it?.
https://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2013/07/29/scholarly-misrepresentation/
The subject of the interview, Reza Aslan, lied about his scholarly credentials.
Anyone who has studied propaganda techniques would have pegged him for a liar right from the start of the interview. It was painfully obvious.
After figuring that out, it was easy to find links that revealed his fraudulent behaviour.
The root issue is that today, people are all too gullible when it comes to so called advanced degrees. The moment someone says "I have a PhD in ....", many people immediately believe anything they say. But scammers know that going into a discussion, so it's to their advantage to lie about their credentials right away and they immediately take that advantage.
The scammer won that day. If I hadn't posted this, everyone in this thread would have believed the scammer and only one person would have known the truth of the matter.
The subject of the interview, Reza Aslan, lied about his scholarly credentials.
Anyone who has studied propaganda techniques would have pegged him for a liar right from the start of the interview. It was painfully obvious.
After figuring that out, it was easy to find links that revealed his fraudulent behaviour.
The root issue is that today, people are all too gullible when it comes to so called advanced degrees. The moment someone says "I have a PhD in ....", many people immediately believe anything they say. But scammers know that going into a discussion, so it's to their advantage to lie about their credentials right away and they immediately take that advantage.
The scammer won that day. If I hadn't posted this, everyone in this thread would have believed the scammer and only one person would have known the truth of the matter.
oldguyzer said:
Hi Oldguyzer.
What I said was sadly true. Everyone who posted in this thread was wrong. I don't have a high opinion of myself. It's taken me decades learning how to detect fraud artists and liars.
Anyone can win any argument at any time, if you're willing to lie.
Liars know one thing. Only a vanishingly small number of people will be able to detect their lies. It's a winning proposition, especially so since people today are so gullible when it comes to credentials.
It's not your fault or anyone's fault that you believed that fraud artist. It takes a long time and a lot of practice to be able to spot con men and liars, just like it takes a years to become a good hockey, baseball or poker player.
But I understand the problem. You've been publicly caught out making a mistake. Instead of being happy that someone corrected your mistake, you'd rather attack the person who tried to help you.
I speak from painful experience, I used to do that all the time. It's taken me even more years to undo that bad behaviour in myself. It's a hard lesson, but worth it if can you attain that tiny bit of enlightenment.
That's why I don't have a high opinion of myself, I wasted years and years of my life with that kind of bad thinking.
Edit:
Like I said, he lied and he won. His book has shot up the Amazon sales chart.
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