Just this morning, I did a post about poker players wearing obstructions to keep opponents from picking up their tells. This post is about spotting a liar based on what they say and not the non-verbal communication like face ticks and lip bites.
The reasons we lie are bountiful. There are little white lies and huge, massive, insane lies and spotting either isn’t that hard if a person is attune with exactly what to look for while the other person is possibly spitting lies.
LifeHacker points out the four biggest signs a person is fibbing in any situation.Stories based on lies, or “imagined experiences”, are different from real experiences because we have to put a bit of thought into it. As such, we’ll change the way we speak without even knowing it. Specifically, there are four notable indicators:
Now go out there and catch someone in a massive lie!
[via LifeHacker]
