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Showing posts with label Logical Fallacies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Logical Fallacies. Show all posts
Saturday, April 25, 2020

Just because it's on a famous website doesn't mean the advice is any good

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I like my water with a little flavor, so between lemonade mixes, Crystal Light, and so on, I am looking into the world of water enhancers. Y...
Tuesday, July 18, 2017

IPro Network (IPN) and the MLM Game of Telephone: garble up the message to sound better

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Recently I came across a comment about IPro Network on BehindMLM. First, what is iPro Network? Some generic discount network based on some...
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Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Scam Psychology: "You have to try it to understand it" fallacy

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One of the most popular fallacies trotted out by scammers and scammed sheeple is "you have to try it to understand it".  It has a ...
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Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Scam Psychology: Idiot's Guide to Idiocy... and how to avoid it

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It is very often in scam psychology that the victim refused to accept that they have been victimized, and they often square off against the ...
Thursday, September 3, 2015

What do you repost? Think about it a little...

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Specifically... did you fact check it first? A: "Did you fact check this before reposting it?" B: "I don't need to. I...
Thursday, July 10, 2014

Anti-Scam: Rough Guide to Spotting Shady Opportunities, Part 2 of 3

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This guide is an adaptation of  "A Rough Guide to Spotting Bad Science" by "Compound Interest" , converted for spotting ...
Sunday, April 27, 2014

Scam Psychology: What Are YOUR Communication Vulnerabilities?

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Scammers are often very good communicators. They can tailor their message for a wide variety of audiences and they are quick in recognizing...
Thursday, April 3, 2014

Scam Psychology: Charlie Munger on How You Screw Up: Part 3 of 6

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Charlie Munger (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) You may have heard of  Charlie Munger . But if you haven't, you should have heard of his p...
Monday, March 17, 2014

BREAKING NEWS: Kevin Trudeau gets 10 year sentence

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Kevin Trudeau gets 10 year sentence for 6 separate contempt of court and stiffing the court 37 million in fines. Kevin Trudeau had been sc...
Monday, March 10, 2014

Duke University's Free Coursera Course on Critical Thinking: Take it!

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Duke / Coursera has a free course on critical thinking . It can even lead to a certificate if you take a couple other classes, but by itsel...
Sunday, March 9, 2014

Scam Psychology: Charlie Munger on How You Screw Up, Part 2 of 6

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You may have heard of Charlie Munger . But if you haven't, you should have heard of his partner: Warren Buffet , one of the 5 richest ma...
Thursday, March 6, 2014

Scam Psychology: Charlie Munger on How You Screw Up, Part 1 of 6

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You may have heard of Charlie Munger . But if you haven't, you should have heard of his partner: Warren Buffet , one of the 5 richest ma...
Friday, February 21, 2014

MLM Absurdities: The "Big Placebo" industry that markets nutritional supplement woo

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Dietary supplements Do they actually improve your health? (Photo credit: Andrei Z ) In studying the network marketing industry, MLM ...
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Sunday, February 16, 2014

Scam Psychology: Why Bad Arguers Often Retreat to Conspiracies As Final Defense

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Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura Making a living through selling nothing... like a lot of scams that call themselves network marke...
Friday, February 7, 2014

Guest Post: Vemma and Napoleon Hill's "Think and Grow Rich", Part 3 of 6

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Previously we had SlayerofScams, a fellow scambuster on IGN, posting his essay on how people misconstrue Napoleon Hill's advice to coer...
Friday, January 31, 2014

MLM Absurdities: When MLM Sells Not Just Woo, but Fake Woo

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Back in early 2013, Waiora settled a lawsuit for selling watered down version of their own product (as full strength) That brought back some...
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Monday, January 27, 2014

Wall Street Runs on Greed... And Conspiracies (so Don't Trust Them)

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English: Wall Street sign on Wall Street (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Previously, MLM Skeptic had pointed out the futility of using sto...
Saturday, January 25, 2014

Bad Propaganda: Perpetuating Myths and Misunderstandings to Deflect Criticism

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Editor's Note: This is start of a new segment 'Bad Propaganda' where I will analyze bad propaganda used by various MLM promoters...
Monday, January 20, 2014

Scam Psychology: Why Scammers Use Testimonials, and Why You Should NOT Trust Positive Reviews

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Why do advertisements almost seem to have testimonials ? Because they do influence us. Human beings are social creatures, and we do learn ...
Monday, January 13, 2014

Bad Argument: Lion Doesn't Lose Sleep Over Opinion of Sheep

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Tywin Lannister armor (Photo credit: paul.hadsall ) Sometimes, when confronted with detailed criticism and lacking a proper re...
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