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Guardian opinion piece argues charismatic persuasion can exploit a psychological weakness

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This opinion piece says confident, smooth-talking people can tap into a natural human weakness, so their ideas may be accepted without enough checking. The author describes a chat with a stranger in a bar and says people's beliefs have become fragmented because they mostly hear views from their own online circles.

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  1. Sun 1 NovemberWhy you should treat charisma as a red flagThe Guardian Technology

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