Ethics of con artists

[Spongebob]

I'm not talking deceptive. I'm talking outright psychological tricks to make you think you're not being influenced. Isn't that the whole idea of a con, three card monte anyone?

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Oh, yeah.  I wasn't thinking about those kinds of things.  Good link, btw.  It's a different kind of thing for sure, sort of like hacking the human mind.  I don't think they are so much a con but they are certainly manipulative and they do work.  I've read studies about some of these.  So yeah, they are a form of a confidence game, but totally accepted by society.  Or I suppose society just doesn't realize they exist.