Monthly Archives: August 2016
The Art of Deception in Politics series discussed elite theory, principle agent theory and the psychology of persuasion, but none of these articles told you how to truly identify holes in logic. This time I won’t beat a dead horse discussing...
In the past, numerous people have told me verbally and nonverbally, “Your overthinking things, man.” Yet, many times overthinking is not a bad thing. In fact, it’s overthinking that could save your life. In the next few paragraphs I’m going to outline...
We have all heard how effective ISIS is on social media. Recruiting, funding and planning all take place online, sometimes 140 characters at a time. The use of techniques like “Tiny-URL” allowing them to write longer messages through a link...
In my last few articles about deception in politics, I discussed Elite Theory and The Psychology of Persuasion. While both Elitism and persuasive tactics explain how people are chosen to and remain on top of the political game, there is one...
If you stand up close to a painting and attempt to assess it by only the dots and blurred brush strokes, you will not understand the painting as a whole. The way in which we view cultural dynamics is very...
The secret to successful deception in politics is the ability to control the truth, the middle ground and the lie. Propaganda cannot be effective if it’s not intertwined with the truth in some manner. Yet, just because half of the...
So you’re going after sensitive information. I’m not going to ask why and I’ll assume it is for a noble purpose. You already probably know a thing or two about elicitation since we covered collection methods my last post. Your first step in...
