If you can't razzle them with dazzle, baffle them with bullshit.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- When straightforward persuasion fails, people resort to confusion or deception to get their way.
- In plain terms
- If charm fails, confuse them instead.
- What can you take from it?
- Bafflement can be a tactic when honesty doesn't work.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Have you ever been bafled to agree?
- Is confusion ever ethical?
Another view
It encourages dishonesty over genuine communication.
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