The Work of Michael Shermer » con http://www.michaelshermer.com books, essays, columns, reviews, and multimedia clips of famed skeptic Michael Shermer Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:00:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Art of Con Games Part 1 http://www.michaelshermer.com/2007/11/con-games-part-1/ http://www.michaelshermer.com/2007/11/con-games-part-1/#comments Fri, 23 Nov 2007 00:19:46 +0000 Michael Shermer http://www.michaelshermer.com/2007/11/con-games-part-1/ The art of the con is as old as civilization, employing the skills of deception, misdirection, and the psychology of human greed and the desire to get something for nothing. In this episode Shermer employs a professional con artist to teach him the fine art of conning people.

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