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Comment author: [deleted] 28 August 2011 12:48:31PM *  0 points [-]

There is no con man worse or more dangerous than a con man who sincerely believes his own scam, and is therefore quite prepared to go down with his ship.

This is true in a big way that I haven't mentioned before though. Type B seem to me more likley to cause trouble for anyone attempting to implement solutions that might avert tragedy of the commons situations caused by a false society wide belief, than type A.