Lawmakers in Wales are debating world-first legislation to protect the truth, but some fear it is fundamentally flawed.
Articles on Lying
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Coming clean about something you’re hiding can help when you’re under pressure.
Being open and honest is meant to build trust in science but research suggests it can sometimes have the opposite effect.
And why people form alliances even with people they know are untrustworthy.
Politicians in Wales who deliberately mislead the public could face suspension or even recall under proposals aimed at restoring trust in politics.
A philosopher argues that children benefit both from the Santa fiction and from the eventual realisation that it’s not true.
I reviewed philosophers’ views on the ethics of deception and applied them to parental lies.
We don’t casually lie to adults, and we should afford children the same respect.
Politicians sometimes lie because it confuses others and gives them pleasure.
Politicians have long used the phrase ‘I misspoke’ when backpedaling for verbal inaccuracies or blunders. Now it’s used as a euphemistic recasting of lying as an inadvertent mistake.
Sometimes, we lie to others to protect their feelings. Maybe robots should be allowed to do the same.
Plaid Cymru’s Adam Price is leading proposals to make lying by politicians a criminal offence.
Lying liars and closed eyes − both played roles in the most recent chapter of former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York City.
You might think someone is guilty because of unconscious opinions you hold regarding certain traits.
Research has found that people are only marginally more accurate than chance at judging whether someone is lying or telling the truth.
Researchers are interested in whether who you’re communicating with and how you’re interacting affect how likely you are to lie.
George Santos has admitted to having said some stupid things. But his lying became the subject of a federal probe that has resulted in criminal charges.
Why you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover: the limitations of reading body language.
But there are other techniques professional investigators use to test the plausibility of people’s stories.
Kids need to learn when little lies are the right choice. But research suggests parents may not be clear in the messages they send about how they value the truth.
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