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I know very little about body language, but one thing that has stuck in my mind is that people tend to look away from you and usually into the corner of the roo

by sudonim 15y ago

I know very little about body language, but one thing that has stuck in my mind is that people tend to look away from you and usually into the corner of the room when they are lying. Watching the video, his eyes go away from the camera when he is making many claims including: "fantastic team" "the system is up and going in just a matter of minutes" "it does it pretty accurately"

dave_sullivan 15y ago
I've always thought this was an old wives tale--Someone looking away isn't a reliable indicator that someone is lying and someone looking you in the eye and saying something with seeming authenticity is not enough to verify truth (Watch a politician lie or have to back pedal and see if they look anywhere but directly at the camera--"I did not have sexual relations with that woman"...) I think it's more accurate that not looking someone in the eye suggests nervousness, so the question becomes are they nervous because they're lying or nervous because they're socially awkward in general or ... For this particular story though, seems like the facts don't add up, I'd be pretty hesitant to give this guy money... Although kickstarter seems pretty safe now, people will take advantage, and I'm interested to see if things like kickstarter, airbnb, bitcoin, etc. will be capable of self-regulation in the long run. I give it 50/50.
- larrys 15y ago
  Used as only one point of data you're right it's not reliable. False negatives and false positives. But used in conjunction with other info that has been collected it certainly adds to the picture in coming to a conclusion. Also keep in mind that in this particular case he was speaking to a camera not a person. I do this trick with people to try to guess their name. I have them name three possible names with one the real name. If you do that enough you will begin to pick up on mannerisms when someone is saying their real name vs. a made up name. Of course it only normally works the first time and never if they know how to avoid tipping me off.

by sudonim 15y ago

dave_sullivan 15y ago

I've always thought this was an old wives tale--Someone looking away isn't a reliable indicator that someone is lying and someone looking you in the eye and saying something with seeming authenticity is not enough to verify truth (Watch a politician lie or have to back pedal and see if they look anywhere but directly at the camera--"I did not have sexual relations with that woman"...) I think it's more accurate that not looking someone in the eye suggests nervousness, so the question becomes are they nervous because they're lying or nervous because they're socially awkward in general or ... For this particular story though, seems like the facts don't add up, I'd be pretty hesitant to give this guy money... Although kickstarter seems pretty safe now, people will take advantage, and I'm interested to see if things like kickstarter, airbnb, bitcoin, etc. will be capable of self-regulation in the long run. I give it 50/50.

larrys 15y ago
Used as only one point of data you're right it's not reliable. False negatives and false positives. But used in conjunction with other info that has been collected it certainly adds to the picture in coming to a conclusion. Also keep in mind that in this particular case he was speaking to a camera not a person. I do this trick with people to try to guess their name. I have them name three possible names with one the real name. If you do that enough you will begin to pick up on mannerisms when someone is saying their real name vs. a made up name. Of course it only normally works the first time and never if they know how to avoid tipping me off.