Comments on: 15 Signs You’re Lying To Me

By: Notes: 32 Ways to Detect Someone is Lying « gioGraphy

Notes: 32 Ways to Detect Someone is Lying « gioGraphy — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:00:16 +0000

[...] Fifteen signs you are lying to me [...]

By: Admin

Admin — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:04:16 +0000

LOL! Maybe I should have titled it “How to look like you’re telling the truth when you’re really lying!”

By: fathersez

fathersez — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 13:31:56 +0000

I was thinking along the lines of what Ray has said, though not so forcefully. More along the lines of what Mrs. M said.

My wife has her own detector. She’ll ask me something and 3 months later ask me the same thing again. And woe betide me if the story doesn’t gel.

And my daughter who did psychology says that scratching one’s nose is a sign of some shadiness.

Like you said, it all depends.

Cheers

By: Daniel Massicotte

Daniel Massicotte — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:44:37 +0000

I love these kinds of lists. That way I can study the signs I must have in order to lie effectively.

“Dear Dad,

You always told me an honest man has nothing to fear. So I’m trying my best not to be fearful” -Catch me if you Can

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Sunday Money Roundup - Playing Guitar Edition. | My Two Dollars — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 14:01:20 +0000

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By: ray

ray — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 00:40:10 +0000

You people are pathetic. The man writes a post about some commonly acccepted ways to detect if someone is lying and you all get your socks in a wad. Any person can fool some of the people some of the time, but they cannot fool everyone all the time. Why? Because people detect in some way ot another that their lying.

There is an entire industry that detects lying. If it didn’t work, those people would be out of business.

Just tell the truth and move on people. Give the man a break.

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Saver in the City» Saver in the City’s five for Friday — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:47:02 +0000

[...] to tell online when someone isn’t telling the truth, but thanks to The Wisdom Journal’s 15 signs you’re lying to me, you might be able to figure it out next time somebody is [...]

By: Regina

Regina — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 05:53:00 +0000

Oh, and before you say something about the disclaimer at the bottom–I did notice it, and read it. Unfortunately, many won’t, not within your blog, or while watching this show (if the show does have a disclaimer. I have never watched it, personally). Or, they will simply forget it. Those are the people I worry about, as they, at times, seem to outnumber the people who think critically on these matters.

It’s not a horribly bad list though. Number 6 isn’t so bad, especially the suggestion to go quiz the person after an hour or so. I know I personally tend to go into too much detail when explaining nearly anything to someone, or when relating an experience or thought of some sort, but that is because I don’t know how to pick out the information the listener will actually care about. I don’t worry about that though, because my love of details will make it unlikely that I won’t be able to re-relate every detail I told a person. In fact, I pity the person who would quiz me later, for they would probably have to endure the entire conversation in near exact detail a second time! Hee hee.

I thought number 12 was far more concrete than most of the other items as well. I still believe that nearly every person will screw up their facts (or chain of events) at one time or another and look a fool, though it won’t necessarily mean they are lying. However, I would agree that a glaring inconsistency, such as the example given, would probably likely indicate lying.

All the others though… I would be wary to rely on them, unless you knew the person your talking to very, very well. Then this list might benefit; You would know to explore the situation further to see if the person was lying, or if there was something else going on that might be completely unrelated that cause the behavior.

By: Regina

Regina — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 03:59:06 +0000

In my opinion, the best way to learn if someone is trustworthy is to judge them by what they DO. Observe someone long enough, and you will eventually be able to conclude whether or not they are a liar. Sure, this might set you up to potentially be hurt. Relying on this method of reading soley (or mainly) body language though, may cause you to become blind to someone’s more telling actions. You may also shun people whose only crime is shyness or lack of control over their own body language. Believe me, for I speak from experience: It hurts quite a bit to have people judge you as a liar or sneak due to your social awkwardness and poor body language, and watch people you know to be liars being accepted as wonderful, honest people. All because those accepting and rejecting judge on appearences, rather than actions.

By: Admin

Admin — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 02:57:47 +0000

What blows my mind on this post is everyone’s offense at the conclusions that body language experts reach when they detect that someone is possibly being deceptive. The tone has been that no one can tell when anyone is lying. The science, and the experts in the field, disagree with that premise.

There’s no necessary judgment of motive, only that the person is uncomfortable and that discomfort may indicate deception. When someone’s eyes betray them, or their story doesn’t just hold up, or they can’t seem to get the whole story out, or they show signs of uneasiness, I’m picking up on those clues.