Looking for the term in the search engine will lead you to a good description at the wiki: http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Dark_arts
Basically any technique that seeks to persuade by exploiting (or even amplifying), not correcting, the cognitive biases of others.
Looking for the term in the search engine will lead you to a good description at the wiki: http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Dark_arts
Basically any technique that seeks to persuade by exploiting (or even amplifying), not correcting, the cognitive biases of others.