"Social Experiment: Part Two"

Sorry, no post yesterday..whatevss.

"Social Experiment: Part Two"

Here is the continued documentation of my ongoing social experiment.

-How to get someone to believe...anything:
That is right, folks, most people are more gullible then they will lead you to believe. In my experiences, getting people to believe ridiculous things is 92% effective when closely following these steps.
1. Commit. Once you find yourself in a situation where you are lying, you must immediately make a decision. It is much like poker. You do not just bet small and call when you know you are beat, you either fold or you go big for the bluff. If you are not willing to go all-in to sell your bluff, then get out. Once you commit to your lie and decide to go all in you will be fully able to proceed to the next steps to get people to believe...anything.
2. Digress. As you are explaining something that you know is not true, but want your victim to believe you must digress. Get off topic during the explanation to make it seem like fluid thoughts, not something you are making up on the spot. For example, the other night I was explaining to someone how an ambulance got its name. I was trying to make him believe it is from medieval times where jousters would use their "lance" and when they hurt their arms they had to use their other ones, thus making them "ambi"dextrous. The carts used to bring the losers away were called "ambulances." During my explanation I started talking about the movie A Knights Tale among other things. Since I digressed it was hard for my victim to think to thoroughly about the ridiculousness of my fabricated story and he now believes that is how ambulances got their name. (the term ambulance is actually from the latin word ambulare meaning to walk or move about)
3. Ask questions. "You never heard about this?" Among others exclamatory questions, this is a good ploy to act surprised and make it seem like common knowledge. You can go the other route and ask questions like "You want to hear a fun fact?" This makes it seem like it is something you know and enjoy sharing with people because it is interesting. Ending with "Interesting, right?" is a great move to. Make them admit they believe it and they will. If your are lying about something you did, you can use this question method as well. "Why would I do that?" These type of questions allow for you to put them on the spot instead of you and thus creating the illusion that you are right and they are wrong. When they find themselves fumbling for answers to your questions you can swoop in and take them out with your story that you have fully committed to using digressions to seal the deal.
4. Partner up. This is very good for beginners. If you can get someone to join in and confirm the lie and go along with it, and possibly even come up with some material, it should be easy to convince someone of anything. Down the road you will want to be able to fly solo so that instead of using someone to help you, you can convince multiple people of whatever you want, but partnering up is a solid move, especially for first-timers.

So get out there, make some stuff up and remember...commit. You will get people believing every word you say in no time. When you hear someone telling another the lie that you told them, you know you have become a master.

(Note: I understand this post will pretty much lose me credibility with every word I speak, however, it is an advanced dynamic to my social experiment.)


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