Comments on: Can people learn to be better liars? http://www.futurity.org/society-culture/can-people-learn-to-be-better-liars/ Research news from leading universities Thu, 23 May 2013 23:27:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: peter - network marketing ZA http://www.futurity.org/society-culture/can-people-learn-to-be-better-liars/comment-page-1/#comment-701932 peter - network marketing ZA Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:06:11 +0000 http://www.futurity.org/?p=252732#comment-701932 Mmm.... interesting one... I guess it has to be an acquired skill after all, no (old school) dentist, lawyer or politician started out as natural liars...:) so they definitely accumulated those skills along the way the scary part is that that this proves how easy it actually is to lie if you want to... and all that stands between you and that choice is - in most cases - the foundation laid as you were raised. as such, it would seem that most people are pretty well raised...;) just my 0.02c peter Mmm…. interesting one…

I guess it has to be an acquired skill

after all, no (old school) dentist, lawyer or politician started out as natural liars…:)

so they definitely accumulated those skills along the way

the scary part is that that this proves how easy it actually is to lie if you want to…

and all that stands between you and that choice is – in most cases – the foundation laid as you were raised.

as such, it would seem that most people are pretty well raised…;)

just my 0.02c

peter

]]> By: Josh http://www.futurity.org/society-culture/can-people-learn-to-be-better-liars/comment-page-1/#comment-541792 Josh Wed, 02 Jan 2013 20:42:51 +0000 http://www.futurity.org/?p=252732#comment-541792 Concur, Baron. In addition to this article, I theorize that the brain can also learn to accept lies as truth, given repetition with the rehearsal of the lie. Hence the reason false memories exist and also the susceptibility to be suggestible. I think it the ability to do this probably resides in an individuals capacity to not feel "bad" about the lie. Concur, Baron.

In addition to this article, I theorize that the brain can also learn to accept lies as truth, given repetition with the rehearsal of the lie. Hence the reason false memories exist and also the susceptibility to be suggestible. I think it the ability to do this probably resides in an individuals capacity to not feel “bad” about the lie.

]]> By: Baron Pike http://www.futurity.org/society-culture/can-people-learn-to-be-better-liars/comment-page-1/#comment-535642 Baron Pike Fri, 28 Dec 2012 21:07:24 +0000 http://www.futurity.org/?p=252732#comment-535642 The problem is that if you don't have time to prepare your lies, the lies may appear truthful at the outset, but easily detected as lies as soon as they can be examined afterward. Also in each culture we have acceptable forms of lies that are easily told - except again everyone at least subconsciously knows that the truth was probably played with in the bargain. The problem is that if you don’t have time to prepare your lies, the lies may appear truthful at the outset, but easily detected as lies as soon as they can be examined afterward.
Also in each culture we have acceptable forms of lies that are easily told – except again everyone at least subconsciously knows that the truth was probably played with in the bargain.

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