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Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Controversial knowledge > Hoaxes & deceptions
A sucker is still born every minute. In this modern and
interconnected world, con-men are lurking everywhere - it's never
been easier for them to dupe us, take from us, and infiltrate our
lives. One of the world's leading and celebrated experts on
con-games takes the reader through the history of cons, how they've
been updated to the modern age, how they work, how to spot them,
and how to protect yourself from being the victim of one.R. Paul
Wilson is a con-man who works for the other side - our side. He has
spent a lifetime learning, performing, studying, and teaching about
the ins and outs of the con world in order to open up our eyes to
the dangers lurking about us - and to show us how not to get taken.
Paul has never made a living as a con-man, profiting off of marks -
he has used his expertise throughout his life to help people avoid
cons.In this fascinating book, Paul takes the reader through the
history and developments of the con game, what elements from the
past are based on basic human psychology and have stood the test of
time, what has been updated for the modern era and how it's getting
used in the computer age, the structure of how these cons work, and
- most importantly - how to recognize one, protect yourself and
your loved ones, and avoid becoming just another sucker.
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Piltdown. Even today the name sends a shiver down the collective
spine of the scientific community, for this was the most dramatic
and daring fraud ever perpetrated upon the world of science and
academia. Between 1908 and 1912, a series of amazing discoveries
relating to what appeared to be the earliest human were made close
to the little village of Piltdown in Sussex. These remains belonged
to the developmental 'missing link' between man and ape. The basic
principles of evolution, first propounded by Charles Darwin some
fifty years before, now appeared as indisputable fact. The
Manchester Guardian ran the first headline: 'THE EARLIEST MAN?:
REMARKABLE DISCOVERY IN SUSSEX. A SKULL MILLIONS OF YEARS OLD' it
screamed, adding that the discovery was 'one of the most important
of our time'. The news spread quickly around the world, with many
voicing their eagerness to examine the find. Few archaeological
discoveries have the capacity to be front-page news twice over, but
'Piltdown Man' is a rare exception. Forty-one years after he first
became famous, the 'Earliest Englishman' was again hot news. It was
late November 1953, and the world was about to discover that
Piltdown Man had been a hoax. Not just any hoax mind, the London
Star declared it to be 'THE BIGGEST SCIENTIFIC HOAX OF THE
CENTURY'.
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