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Two New York Timesbestselling psychologists explain the science of consand how we can avoid them

From phishing scams to Ponzi schemes fraudulent science to fake art chess cheaters to crypto hucksters and marketers to magicians our world brims with deception InNobodys Fool psychologists Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris show us how to avoid being taken in They describe the key habits of thinking and reasoning that serve us well most of the time but make us vulnerablelike our tendency to accept what we see stick to our commitments and overvalue precision and consistency Each chapter illustrates their new take on the science of deception describing scams youve never heard of and shedding new light on some you have Simons and Chabris provide memorable maxims and practical tools you can use to spot deception before its too late

Informative illuminating and entertainingNobodys Foolwill protect us from charlatans in all their formsand delight us along the way