Almost Everyone Lies, Often Seeing It as a Kindness

Feldman's experiments show that stern-faced judicial proceedings about perjury are as remote from the realities of human behavior as President Bush is from the Nobel Peace Prize. For one thing, lying plays a more complex role in human relationships than the black-and-white legal view recognizes. It is also so commonplace in everyday life that putting people on trial for lying is somewhat like putting them on trial for breathing. Full Story »

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by Bob McInnis - Feb. 19, 2007

The real story it seems is that we are all liars. That makes it difficult to measure the accuracy, evidence and trust for this short, interesting and entertaining piece.

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