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>Ironically, liars turn out to be better lie detectors. What is ironic about that? If I understand how to lie to other humans, why is it anything but expected
by benihana 11y ago
>Ironically, liars turn out to be better lie detectors.
What is ironic about that? If I understand how to lie to other humans, why is it anything but expected that I would be able to recognize that skill in other people?
- rogeryu 11y agoIf you as a liar are good at detecting liars, then wouldn't it be logical that you could detect honesty as well, being the opposite? Well then take the opposite. What about honest people, do they recognize honest people better? I don't know, just asking, wondering. It could even be that honest people recognize honesty better than liars, while at the same time liars are better lie detectors. Then there has to be a middle group I guess - what are they?
- balfirevic 11y agoPresumably, liars don't lie all the time, so they do both lying and honesty enough to be able to tell the difference. I also don't really know, but it sounds plausible :)
- kaoD 11y agoThe difference: lies pretend to sound honest, while honesty doesn't pretend to sound like lies.
- Drdrdrq 11y agoFor one thing, you can never be sure if they really detected a liar or they are just lying about it. ;-)
- lazyant 11y agoAlso 'crazy' people were more apt at recognizing other people with mental problems that the doctors