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The art of making someone believe the map when you've rearranged the territory.
means The act of making someone believe something false, usually on purpose.
from From Latin decipere, 'to ensnare or cheat' — built from de- (thoroughly, down) plus capere, 'to take or catch,' the same root that gives us 'capture' and 'captive.' So etymologically, to deceive is to thoroughly catch someone — the word has always imagined belief as a kind of trap being sprung. It passed through Old French deceveir on its way into English, picking up its current spelling along the way.
- self-deception exists
- brains lie to themselves to reduce internal conflict
- kids learn fast
- most children master lying by age four
- tell signs overrated
- liars aren't reliably caught by fidgeting or eye contact
- magic is legal deception
- audiences pay to be fooled on purpose