It's a double today. Here's an older TED talk about how to spot a liar. I
watched it again for a refresher.
This is from Brain and Life magazine. 6 issues a year. It's free.
There are billions of people and a version of normal to go along with each one of them. No two versions are exactly the same. There will be hundreds of thousands of little things that make up your version of normal. With any luck you can find people that have close to the same idea of what normal is that you do. These are your friends. Anyone else you try to tolerate as best you can. .... The exact definition of normal depends on who's running the asylum.
We do indeed all lie. For a variety of reasons. I try and keep them to a minimum. I sometimes succeed.
ReplyDeleteSue - Are you sure you try and keep them to a minimum? Why is the spam guy always getting you? Does he know something we don't?
ReplyDeleteUseful information during primary season. And in November.
ReplyDeletePsalm 116:11 caused the usual discussion sunday school, as did
ReplyDeleteEpimenides Cretans paradox. Epimenides, a Cretan, was saying “All Cretans are liars”, in secondary school logic class.
If I remember correctly.
But then sometimes I can't tell if I remember correctly, or just as I wished it were ;-)
Interesting stuff. Like Elephant's Child said, everyone lies, but some people do it for more nefarious reasons than others. There's a difference between me responding to a question about how your outfit looks (I say great, but it's really horrid) and someone who has committed a murder.
ReplyDeleteupdate - their > they're 🤦♂️
ReplyDeleteBill - Are you going to keep a running count?
Stu - Or maybe Epimenides was lying about being a Cretan.
Kathy - It's another spectrum to consider.
Sounds like an interesting magazine. For fun, I added the quarterly Spanish edition.
ReplyDeleteThanks.
John - It is interesting and you can't beat free.
ReplyDeleteEnlightening TED Talk. Thanks Mike!
ReplyDeleteHave a good, honest week.
There's an old saying that . . . "All babies are beautiful." My friend's grandbaby was NOT! I said . . . "OH, she is so precious, sooo adorable, just the sweetest little darling."
ReplyDeleteI ONLY LIE . . . sometimes!
Robyn - I'll do my best. Honestly!
ReplyDeleteDG - Sometimes it's very necessary.
Interesting video!
ReplyDeleteDeb - Now the problem is trying to remember... whatever it was.
ReplyDeleteThat is a very interesting video!
ReplyDeleteMartha - I think the article is more interesting. But me being lazy I didn't copy the whole thing. And I forgot a teaser to suck people into reading it.
ReplyDeleteThis is great. A field worth finding more about. I have always fancied myself with a good bullshit meter. Con artist make me very uncomfortable. Charming people freak me out. I tend to be honest to the point of being blunt and socially awkward, a true introvert. My sisters like to say "I tell it like it is". Hence I don't really like interacting with many people, especially those I have to be fake with. Reading previous comments, I will try to read the article later. I just watched the video but gotta go - the day is heating up.
ReplyDeleteLady - The article is well worth reading. I hadn't heard about confabulation before.
ReplyDelete"A Molecule Away from Madness: Tales of the Hijacked Brain" - heard about this book on NPR. Sounds fascinating.
ReplyDeleteLady - Yes it does... "Our brains are the most complex machines known to humankind, but they have an Achilles heel: the very molecules that allow us to exist can also sabotage our minds. Here are gripping accounts of unruly molecules and the diseases that form in their wake."
ReplyDeleteI watched the whole tape. Thank you, Mike
ReplyDeleteCloudia - I think the article is better.
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