Seances, skis and secrets: an extraordinary WWI escape
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How Can a Master Manipulator Foment and Sustain Belief?
The story of Jones and Hill's escape from the awidgi board fascinates author. He asks: How could their captors have fallen for a preposterous, demented scheme? And what makes his converts believe things that are patently false in the face of thundering counter evidence? The answers go a long way to explaining some of the preposterous mass delusions of our own time he says.
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