A perfect illustration for the post about the Schenirer/Scherman Effect.
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Note that the Schenirer/Scherman Effect was precisely the argument the נחש used to seduce חוה into eating from the עץ הדעת.
In a private communication, great Unknown explained:
He was offering her דעת and שכל
See Rashi 3:6, esp the part about believing
him because it gave her הנאה
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