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Examples
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So how can Gibbs exploit the differing mental experiences of liars and truth-tellers?
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Bill Hicks is a name that should also be included in that list: a comic who never reached a mass audience in the U.S. but whose corrosively funny take on the politics of me-first and the dumbing-down of consumer culture places him squarely in the Bruce school of truth-tellers.
Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: American: The Bill Hicks Story Marshall Fine 2011
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And in fact, that's just what happens in the lab: Vrij ran an experiment in which half the liars and truth-tellers were instructed to recall their stories in reverse order.
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That takes a lot of mental effort that innocent truth-tellers don't have to spend.
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Since liars already have depleted cognitive resources, they should find this unfamiliar mental exercise more taxing than truth-tellers do -- which should increase the likelihood that they will somehow betray themselves.
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As Spirit Rock teacher Will Kabat Zinn put it, quoting the oft-lionized text of "Lyin' Eyes" by those time-tested truth-tellers The Eagles, "every form of refuge has its price."
Michael Sigman: Meditation Retreat: The Good, The Bad And The Surprises Michael Sigman 2011
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We don't know whose turn will be next, while we do know that without a legion of truth-tellers, it will be someone's.
Sharon Salzberg: No Place To Hide: A Buddhist Perspective On Birthers Sharon Salzberg 2011
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We don't know whose turn will be next, while we do know that without a legion of truth-tellers, it will be someone's.
Sharon Salzberg: No Place To Hide: A Buddhist Perspective On Birthers Sharon Salzberg 2011
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As Spirit Rock teacher Will Kabat Zinn put it, quoting the oft-lionized text of "Lyin' Eyes" by those time-tested truth-tellers The Eagles, "every form of refuge has its price."
Michael Sigman: Meditation Retreat: The Good, The Bad And The Surprises Michael Sigman 2011
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When people have to concentrate on telling their story accurately -- which liars must, more than truth-tellers -- they typically look away to some motionless point, rather than directly at the conversation partner.
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