What signals are stronger (harder to fake) than most people think? What signals are weaker (easier to fake) than most people think?
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"Shipping things?" It's deceptively easy to convince someone you are a concert violinist or are fluent in Japanese; it's very hard to play the violin for 3 minutes or write an accounting memo on demand. (Ironically even the easy ships are so hard they price out most imposters.)
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Reminds me of Walter Keane, the world-famous painter who absolutely could not paint:https://twitter.com/webdevMason/status/1006715754245308416 …
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Wait, how do I convince someone I'm fluent in Japanese?
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Assuming they're not a Japanese speaker, trivial: tell them you speak Japanese, explain different levels of politeness in language, teach them difference between -san and -sama. So mysterious! 15 minutes of prep required or less. It really does work.
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Access to money is very fakeable: https://www.thecut.com/2018/05/how-anna-delvey-tricked-new-york.html …
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I was thinking of that incident in particular, but this happens in a lot of other contexts, including ones which are less sensational and ones which are (far) more damaging.
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