http://www.developerdotstar.com/community/node/26 Comments for "A Little Skepticism is a Good Thing" en http://www.developerdotstar.com/community/node/26 <p>I've been thinking this afternoon about <a href="/community/node/25">the photo posted today that turned out to be a hoax</a>, and in particular about my own readiness to believe that the photo was real and depicted what the caption describes. When I first saw the photo and read the caption, I swallowed the hook like a hungry fish going after a plastic worm. Berrydoo gets credit for at least being skeptical enough to preface his post with "I'm not sure if this is legitimate, but...".</p> <p>So I've been thinking about how I was so easily conned. (Not that I'm suggesting that the person who made this photo had anything more in mind than a good joke.) One thing that I've learned about <a href="http://www.confidencegames.com" title="con men, hustlers, grifters, con games">confidence games</a> is that it's much harder to con a stupid person than it is to con a smart person.</p> <p><a href="http://www.developerdotstar.com/community/node/26">read more</a></p> http://www.developerdotstar.com/community/node/26#comment Computing History Wed, 01 Dec 2004 17:39:46 -0800 Daniel Read 26 at http://www.developerdotstar.com/community