R Ricardo and R Emily reviewed several TED Talks before settling on this one.
Pamela Meyer, author of Lie Spotting and TED Talk, How to Spot a Liar.
'lying is a cooperative act'. We agree to believe.
Not all lies are harmful, some we say for social dignity / graces. We all lie.
We may want to learn to spot a liar so that we can get to the truth.
Lies - deception. A notorious con artist said that everyone wants something. We believe the lie to get what we want.
We are lied to everyday, 10 to 200 times each day. We lie more to strangers.
We live in a 'post truth' society.
Spotting a lie through language used, body language. We can fake a smile of the mouth, but a real smile is seen in the eyes and that cannot be faked.
There are things we can learn to help us spot a lie, but being curious and asking questions helps, but not too aggressively.