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  • Gullibility is the flip side of the creative human capacity to dream, without which the species would never have achieved dominance in the natural order.

    A Talk with David Sinclair, author of The Land That Never Was 2010

  • The book was entitled Every Known Delight: Gullibility and the Invention of Believability, and in the lower right-hand corner of the cover was a gold sticker reading “Pulixer Prize Winner.”

    Here Comes Another Lesson Stephen O’Connor 2010

  • Stephen Greenspan, a psychiatrist who lost money in the Bernard Madoff scam, writes, Gullibility is a sub-type of foolish action, which might be termed "induced-social."

    EconLog: Macroeconomics Archives 2009

  • Promoted to Headline (H3) on 11/19/09: Deception, Lies and Gullibility yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Deception, Lies and Gullibility'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: The travelling show of the Catholic Church in the U.S. showing a tibia supposedly of Mary Magdalene is questionable in its authenticity.'

    Deception, Lies and Gullibility 2009

  • Stephen Greenspan, a psychiatrist who lost money in the Bernard Madoff scam, writes, Gullibility is a sub-type of foolish action, which might be termed "induced-social."

    EconLog: Behavioral Economics and Rationality Archives 2009

  • Scientology spokesperson Teck Ebbsfleet explained The human person is made up of eight dynamics relating to different areas of existence – ‘Spirituality’, ‘Self’, ‘Gullibility’ and so on.

    Travolta Son Dies Of “Imbalanced Dynamics” Push Jelly 2009

  • Gullibility is really important in this instance because rather than taking a step back and a breath - perhaps creating enough space between her and "Sarkozy" so that she could evaluate the ramifications of her discussion - she could have embarrassed the US, created a huge diplomatic issue or, worse, had that been an unfriendly nation trying to trap her in something could have caused and international incident.

    The Prank Call: Palin Thinks She's Speaking To Sarkozy 2009

  • Loopynomics: the Infinite Gullibility of the Masses.

    Name This Book!, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • Gullibility? by Dan Rosenblum on Monday, Mar 2, 2009 at 3: 21: 39 PM

    Obama Climate Plan - A Giant Step Forward 2009

  • Scientology spokesperson Teck Ebbsfleet explained The human person is made up of eight dynamics relating to different areas of existence – ‘Spirituality’, ‘Self’, ‘Gullibility’ and so on.

    Archive 2009-01-01 Push Jelly 2009

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