"There is someone who knows how to apply skepticism properly. That's different than being a skeptical person. When people say they are skeptical it means "I don't believe everything I hear or I'm not easily fooled." When a con artist hears that, they'll agree. They'll say, "You are one of the most skeptical people I know." And before they know it, the skeptic is buying snake oil. This the type of ego or narcissism that a con artists can feed into from a person who claims they are skeptical." - Joe Szimhart