Magic is deception, but it is a deception we enjoy.

Bluff?

Hypnotic Illusions

Self deception.

Making a fool of yourself.

No fooling?

No fooling.

Optical.

Blasted young fool.

That's just fooling yourself.

No, it's chicanery.

Do i try to deceive people?

I don't doublecross my clients.

None of it ... ginkgo, fraud echinacea, fraud acai I don't even know what that is but we're spending billions of dollars on it it's fraud.

This is a trompe I'oeil.

It is all deceitful and evil.

I have no illusions about my conduct.

There's no use kidding myself.

This is what's known as fooling the world.

This is called fooling the world.

You're nothing but a delusion and a snare.

Michael Shermer The pattern behind self deception

That's kind of ridiculous. It's a total decoy.

Perhaps, but this is probably a red herring.

That's kind of ridiculous.

Now, this is a little illusion.

You deceived yourself. Self deception.

Art is the greatest deception of all.

It's easy to fool the brain in 2D.

No deceit, no surprises, no disgust.

You can't fool this crew no more, John Silver.

We said, 'Okay no rumpus, no tricks'

Truthfully, I hate historical dramas! It's all fake!

So splash all ya like 'Tain't any trick

but you cannot cheat yourself or God.

And no games?

The question is, Is that an illusion?

Are you sure drama is not your fakeness?

It feels fake. Right?

I can assure you there's deception there.

And it's one of the classic examples in animal behavior of bluffing.

Art is a deception that creates real emotions, a lie that creates a truth.

Art is a deception that creates real emotions a lie that creates a truth.

I cannot accept that which mocks justice.

You haven't been fooling around with native girls, I hope.