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Encyclopedia > Misleading

Deception is providing intentionally misleading information to others.

  • Mimicry: The resememblance, through natural selection, of on organism to another, or to a natural object. Animals often attempt to deceive predators or prey by their appearance or behavior.
  • Deception is used to hide secret information.
  • Camouflage is a form of visual deception used in war.
  • A disguise is an appearance to create the impression of being somebody or something else; for a well-known person this is also called incognito.
  • Propaganda frequently involves deception.
  • Deception is a reality and therefore a fascinating paradox.
  • Deceiving one's opponent is important in many aspects of game theory.

In many cases it is difficult, even in hindsight, to distinguish deception by somebody or an organization from providing unintentionally wrong information. One of the reasons is that a person or an entire organization may be self-deceived.


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Spinsanity - The liberal who cried wolf (1556 words)
The Mislead is a new project of the increasingly influential liberal organization MoveOn.org, which claims to reach more than two million activists and recently received a donation of up to $5 million from philanthropist George Soros, who is working to prevent President Bush's re-election.
The Daily Mislead's website claims that it provides "an accurate daily chronicle for journalists of misrepresentations, distortions and downright misleading statements by President Bush and the Bush Administration," but in most cases since its first issue on September 15, 2003, it has done nothing of the kind.
And in perhaps the biggest stretch of all, the October 24 Mislead implied that a Bush pledge to crack down on corporate leaders who violate the public trust was broken by an internal memo at military contractor Haliburton, which is obviously not proof of deception by the administration.
Two questions for Xyx...mislead and mirror image? - GameBanshee Forums (3193 words)
I have my suspicions, I think mislead will have the decoy become the target of all attacks, which means if you want inv send off decoy, but in most situations, your decoy will soak up magic and physical attacks and even if killed will still leave you inv.
Try casting mislead and I think you'll see just how good it is. If you cast mislead away from the enemies and then move in you can do whatever you want for the duration of that spell.
I was intrigued by mislead by your glowing discriptions of it in your spell guide, but until you showed me the LIGHT, or rather the lack of it, hee hee, that I now understand misleads full power.
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