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The Rogue Dressed as a Captain

2019/11/15
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Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

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Tim Harford: 本期节目以1906年德国科佩尼克上尉事件为引子,讲述了威廉·福格特假扮上尉,骗取士兵信任,最终盗取镇政府钱财的故事。通过这个案例,节目探讨了人类容易受骗的深层原因,并非仅仅因为对制服的盲目崇拜,而是因为人们容易被表面的事物所迷惑,一步步陷入骗局。节目还提及了米尔格拉姆实验,指出该实验并非单纯证明服从权威,而是揭示了人们不愿承认错误并止步的倾向。在现代社会,类似的骗局依然存在,人们在饥饿、愤怒或恐惧等情绪状态下更容易受骗。骗子通常会先从小的要求开始,逐步施压,最终达到目的。总而言之,节目旨在提醒人们警惕各种欺骗手段,不要被表面的现象所迷惑,要学会独立思考,避免做出日后后悔的决定。 Tim Harford: 节目还分析了美国总统选举中,选民容易被候选人的外表特征(例如身高)所影响的现象,以及全球范围内,选民都容易被候选人的外表特征所影响的案例。节目指出,人们容易被外表所迷惑,即使是广告也利用了这一点。骗子利用外表、情绪和逐步施压等手段行骗,最终达到目的。科佩尼克上尉事件的主人公威廉·福格特最终被捕,但因其事迹广为人知,最终获得宽大处理,甚至成为民间英雄。然而,节目也反思了福格特的所作所为,以及那些效仿者造成的伤害,提醒人们要警惕各种欺骗手段。

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An ageing man in a fake uniform successfully tricks a group of soldiers into aiding him in a major heist in Berlin, 1906, highlighting the power of appearances and authority.

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One crisp morning in Berlin, in 1906, a small group of soldiers were led on an extraordinary heist by a man they believed to be a Captain. So how did an ageing nobody in a fake uniform trick them into aiding him in the crime of the century? Some say we humans will obey orders from anyone who dresses the part... but the real reason why we fall for tricksters time and again is far more interesting. Fraudsters and charlatans reel us in slowly by using psychology against us.

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