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- jonxblaze, on 04/26/2008, -1/+12Those damn Canadians are lying!
- DucoNihilum, on 04/26/2008, -1/+7This research isn't really new, microexpressions have been around for a while.
- laserviking, on 04/26/2008, -1/+6In the icy scandanavian tundra, we beat liars with frozen halibut.
- smurfsahoy, on 04/26/2008, -1/+6A large number of studies has shown several times in the past that everybody sucks at telling when others are lying. Judges, polygraph operators, FBI agents, they're all pretty much at chance when simply watching a video of a person and telling whether they are lying or not. This does not include special tricks like counting expressions or watching frame by frame for flashes of emotion, but even if those work (which they usually don't, at least not very well), 95% of the time, there isn't a budget for frame by frame video analysis, so people go by their gut.
But the only way you can tell if someone is lying consistently by your gut is if you catch logical inconsistencies in their story. NOTHING else is a sure-fire method for detecting liars amongst the vast majority of the population of liars who are halfway competent (i.e., not sweating rivers and chattering their teeth profusely, etc.)
I believe the only group of people who were better than 60% of the time correct in identifying liars was secret service agents, who get it right about 70% of the time (50% is what you get if you guess completely randomly) - ricoboy24, on 04/26/2008, -0/+3how to lie.
look them straight in the eyes. and say what you need to - lekahe, on 04/26/2008, -2/+5I trust the eyes...
Most people can't control them! - inactive, on 04/26/2008, -1/+4A lie is not misinformation. A lie is when you attempt to deceive someone.
- DucoNihilum, on 04/26/2008, -0/+2How the ***** does everything turn out to be anti-bush?
Actually, what you said was true.
You can't lie, you can't possibly lie if you believe it to be true at the time. It's contradictory to the definition of lying. - drguerra, on 04/26/2008, -0/+2The artful liar distances themself with the subject matter.
"No, I did not have sexual relations with that woman"
Thinking: "I think I'll get one of those new interns to give me a happy ending massage" - monsterette, on 04/26/2008, -0/+2This is a clever way to force out the truth when facial expressions can not be read:
"...But three days later, flashes of anger broke through his sadness and he said he was so frustrated with the police that he was going to find his wife himself, leading volunteer searchers directly to her body in a ditch on the outskirts of Edmonton.
He was charged and convicted of second-degree murder." - themaestro18, on 04/26/2008, -0/+2Hey guys, I just came back from Bosnia under severe gunfire to read this. But I DID NOT have any sexual relations.
http://www.bestsnippets.com - hampusl, on 04/26/2008, -1/+3If my SO had been murdered, I would definitely feel both anger and disgust.
I don't think it's just me, but when I feel that someone wrongly believes I'm lying, I often emotionally start to emulate, for a split of a second, the second person's mental image of my mental state. Which requires some mental effort to
subdue to not give off a totally suspicious impression. - DucoNihilum, on 04/26/2008, -0/+1Did you read the same book I did? (Detecting lies and deciet)
IT discusses the same research. - agsinger, on 04/26/2008, -1/+2all poker players on digg already know this...
- bj1989, on 04/26/2008, -1/+2What about skilled actors? They seem to have some sort of complete face control. Acting is in fact some sort of lying or not showing your true emotions.
- Ytse, on 04/26/2008, -0/+1"There are several different ways to tell if a perp is lying. The liar will avoid direct eye contact. The liar will cover part of his or her face with his hand, especially the mouth. The liar will perspire. Unfortunately, I spoke with Oscar on the phone... So none of this is useful..."
-Dwight K. Schrute - Zapkiller, on 04/26/2008, -0/+1Correct you are.
- rasmasyean, on 04/27/2008, -0/+1What if you're just uneasy about the question? Then you would seem like you were lying if you weren't. Too many variables. It all depends on circumstances and the individuals themselves.
- DucoNihilum, on 04/26/2008, -1/+2Entirely inaccurate.
- brian1625, on 04/26/2008, -0/+1People can hardly get my emotions that I'm not trying to hide right.
- DucoNihilum, on 04/26/2008, -0/+1"Normal" lies have almost no detectability. To really 'detect' a lie in the classical sense, you have to be worried about being caught your lying in the first place.
- smurfsahoy, on 04/26/2008, -0/+1No, I took a 10 week long class on it for my psych major.
- auto98, on 04/26/2008, -1/+1wait - they used pictures to see emotions on teh face, such as showing a picture of a snarling rabid dog to see what fear looked like? Since when would someone be afraid of a picture? If showing a picture had the same effect as the real version, then the internet would be full of maladjusted people with post traumatic stress syndrome as they looked at all those pictures
- DucoNihilum, on 04/26/2008, -1/+1You can detect it if you're paying close attention, it does however have much more practical applications in law enforcement.
- danb1983, on 04/26/2008, -0/+0only 10% of communication features the words you actually use - 20% is tone, and 70% is bodylanguage - its not what you say but how you say it!
- BenBenMan, on 04/26/2008, -1/+1Hmm, the picture accompanying this article is Facepalm.jpg ?
- PoopSalad, on 04/26/2008, -3/+3wasn't this on the frontpage yesterday? also, *****
- inactive, on 04/26/2008, -1/+1Wouldn't this qualify as common sense? If reactions in the brain are basically instantaneous and we have to THINK about controlling our feelings then this should just follow as obvious.
- Olfster, on 04/27/2008, -1/+1Most people who believe this crud are fools. They will buy anything someone has to sell them.
- inactive, on 04/26/2008, -1/+1I remember watching a bit of a training video talking about this, how to spot a lie by facial movements.
Want to know what's hilarious? The examples on the video had the Clintons, including Hillary. - slahser, on 04/26/2008, -2/+1The truth is that most people are very good at controlling their face, including eyes and so on. It is however true that people will display flashes of emotion, but it's _flashes_. This means that it's usually a 1/20 of a second, and therefore it is impossible for humans to detect it in a conversation. It is detectable when you look at it in a recording, but that's not very practical in everyday use...
- Charlatan22, on 04/26/2008, -2/+1Remember, it's not lying i you believe what your saying is true despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. Ala George Bush,
- Sepeteus, on 04/26/2008, -2/+1What about if I believe in my own lies?
- richthomas, on 04/26/2008, -2/+0actually 2008_04_24t111604_450x339_us_lying_face.jpg
- drfluffer, on 04/26/2008, -3/+0McCain 2008!
- richthomas, on 04/26/2008, -3/+0http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qgn2g4NKhZY&fmt=6
and also
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0&fmt=6 - tanjonner, on 04/26/2008, -3/+0Hmm...this is relevant to only SOME people. A real "liar" convinces them self it's true....therefore what they're lying about they think is the truth. That's when it becomes hard to tell.
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