Fluency is a reliable proxy for truthfulness and insight in the short term, which is why people gravitate toward articulate speakers regardless of credentials or actual accuracy, creating a vulnerability to charismatic but unreliable figures.

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Chris Williamson

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fluency is a really brilliant proxy for truthfulness or insight and if you can say things with a sufficiently well-rounded compelling delivery regardless of who you are... people will say that sounds that sounds true

Source

Your Mind Has Been Lying to You - Sam Harris (4K)Chris Williamson
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:30:10 PM

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