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Comment by tdb7893

4 months ago

Being smart or academic does absolutely not mean these people aren't gullible.

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tombert  4 months ago

I know, but it is inversely correlated.

I don't think most academics would fall for the "Nigerian Prince" chain emails, or the "Romance Scams" you see on YouTube, which are things I usually associate with extremely gullible people.

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