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Photographed by Dmitry Lobanov
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| WHAT WE FOUND |
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Whatever Happened to the Good Old-Fashioned Con Artist?
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The classic con artist is basically extinct. We’re talking the charming ones, the guys who’d talk their way into your living room, gain your trust over months, and disappear with your life savings, all with a straight face and a good story. Turns out charm just doesn’t scale anymore. Today’s biggest scams run on phishing emails and deepfakes, no charisma required. This one traces the whole arc, from a real Toronto swindler in flashy disguises to the billion-dollar frauds of today. See what replaced them. ›
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The Placebo Effect: Your Brain Generating Physical Reality From Belief
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In 1996, a group of men in chronic pain were given an injection during a clinical trial and told it would kill the pain fast. It worked, some reported total relief. Only problem: it was just salt water. Their brains didn’t know that, so they released their own natural painkillers and the relief was completely real. Turns out belief isn’t just a mindset thing, it’s changing your actual brain chemistry, in ways that show up on scans and blood tests. See what belief can do. ›
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| LAST WORD |
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“Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realise they were the big things.”
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— ROBERT BRAULT
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