While interviewing the suspect who claims ignorance about an incident, the witness who saw it happen, or the informant who identified the perpetrator, the detective asks a question that will eviscerate the perpetrator’s story. As the suspect prepares to answer, he looks up and to the left, purses his lips, tenses his eyelids, and brings…
Read MoreChildren’s Lies Are a Sign of Cognitive Progress
By Susan Pinker for the Wall Street Journal Child-rearing trends might seem to blow with the wind, but most adults would agree that preschool children who have learned to talk shouldn’t lie. But learning to lie, it turns out, is an important part of learning in general—and something to consider apart from fibbing’s ethical implications.…
Read MoreWhat Would Happen If Santa Didn’t Exist?
What would happen if Santa didn’t exist ? Many people are thinking, well he doesn’t exist. True, but what if even the idea of Santa didn’t exist? How would that Holiday Season compare to the current one that (technically) lies about his existence ? Is it even healthy to lie to our children about a…
Read MoreHidden Video: OJ Simpson in His Own Words
Rarely-seen videotape of O.J. Simpson testifying under oath about his ex-wife Nicole have surfaced. The long lost tapes have been locked away for almost 20 years and are now coming to light in a documentary that aired this past weekend on A&E. In footage below, Simpson is asked about alleged abuse and also confronted with a picture of him wearing…
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