smoke and illusions
Smoke and mirrors. You just can't beat them. With these, plus a little willingness to suspend disbelief, amazing illusions can be perpetrated. 'Roll up, roll up, see the lady being sawn in half. Watch the elephant disappear before your eyes. Witness the respectable hedge fund authority suddenly turn into a two-bit shyster.' So much in this world is predicated upon a fantasy. When we want to believe that something is true, we will ignore any amount of evidence to the contrary. Scales are falling from your eyes now. Let them fall further.