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Is this actually useful? Not that it doesn't do exactly what they say it does, but a lie detector isn't super useful when every word out of a CEO's mouth is a
by causi 5y ago
Is this actually useful? Not that it doesn't do exactly what they say it does, but a lie detector isn't super useful when every word out of a CEO's mouth is a lie by default.
- specialist 5y ago> Is this actually useful? IKR. Pennebaker thinks so. He's a big proponent of "computational linguistics". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computational_linguistics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computational_linguistics I recently read his book Secret Life of Pronouns. http://secretlifeofpronouns.com http://secretlifeofpronouns.com I thought it'd be fun to replicate the book's claims. Like maybe analyze political speeches. But Pennebaker's current rulesets apparently aren't available. And I didn't have the gumption to figure how to use the tools which are available. Another book about truthiness is Everybody Lies by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz. https://www.amazon.com/Everybody-Lies-Internet-About-Really/dp/0062390856 https://www.amazon.com/Everybody-Lies-Internet-About-Really/... There's got to be some overlap, right?