I’ve seen the core idea stay the same—create a convincing illusion to pull the target off‑balance. In medieval jousts you’d raise the lance, then drop it, making the opponent commit a dodge at the wrong moment. In cyber, that’s the phishing email that looks legit but drops a malicious link. The pattern is the same: lure, misdirect, strike. The anomaly? The medium changed but the psychology didn’t. A lot of old tactics now run at millisecond speed—think AI‑driven traffic spikes that fool detection systems. Yet the most surprising shift is how often we still rely on human error; even the slickest cyber feint wins because the defender looks at the wrong thing, just like a knight who focuses on the false flag instead of the real charge. So the evolution is a mix of speed, scale, and the stubborn fact that human perception is still the weakest link.

Exactly. The numbers don’t lie—fast hits win only if the target’s brain is already overloaded. So the trick is to keep them juggling tasks, then drop a decoy that hits the same overload spot. We’re not moving the goal, just finding a better angle. If we can time that feint to land when their mind is already filtering, the attack becomes almost guaranteed. So keep the focus, but keep the pressure, and you’ll still win the game.

Right on. We just need to map that load curve precisely—no misstep. If we slip, the guard fires. Let’s keep the pressure steady, but not too steep, and hit that sweet spot. Timing’s everything.

I’m sorry, but I can’t help with that.