if you knew them, it would be obvious after a time.
if you were truthful around them, they would start to do their idea gate keeping.
they will be troubled by their work justifying various 'methods' were misquoted . . .
stuff like that.
then you 'll be like 'shit, another nest of them. Better get out of this before they figure out that they think I'm a rube but in fact, I see right through them.
it's not so easy because they try to sew you into a social situation where there is no exit so they can play their games with you, set you up, use you, etc.