Filmmaker Errol Morris talks with magician Ricky Jay about the biblical story of Joseph, and our misconceptions about lying… Continue reading “Seven Lies About Lying”
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Monty Python’s lying smuggler sketch
A smuggler who lies badly tries to get by a customs official who detects lies badly. Continue reading “Monty Python’s lying smuggler sketch”
The good thing about lying is…
"There isn’t any duck!"
He was grinning all over.
My four-year-old nephew had
discovered the joys of lying… Continue reading “The good thing about lying is…”
The lying scientist who wanted more cookies
A professor who committed academic fraud
said one reason he cheated was because he could:
"The cookie jar was on the table without a lid."
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Lying and Deception Defined by the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
What does it mean "to deceive?"
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She started lying in junior high school to make herself interesting
The author blames Zsa Zsa Gabor for sending her down a path of compulsive lying. Continue reading “She started lying in junior high school to make herself interesting”
Participants in the Facebook game of lying
Rob’s bent forward optical illusionRob Stewart>>
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Lying furniture – “I assume the dresser works as I assume they always works”
Mikal Riha designed a piece of furniture called Liar, which has drawers that do not open by pulling on the handles, but by pushing on the drawers. Continue reading “Lying furniture – “I assume the dresser works as I assume they always works””
Lying – the building block of good manners
I pretend to believe my lying mistress
Hugh Hefner, 82 and Holly Madison, 28
When my love swears that she is made of truth,
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