The Truth about Lying by Stephen Costello

Author:Stephen Costello [Stephen J. Costello]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781908308535
Publisher: The Liffey Press
Published: 2013-11-19T16:00:00+00:00

Eyes for Lies

Wilde lied in the courtroom and was himself lied to as he looked into the eyes of those rent boys whose bodies he purchased and coveted. Conversely, there are some people who have ‘eyes for lies’.

In a research project called The Wizards Project, a ‘truth wizard’ is a person who has the ability to detect a lie with an 80 per cent or higher rate of accuracy. This would be an amazing accomplishment by any standards. Two scientists conducted the experiment and identified only 50 people as Truth Wizards (what about Lying Witches?) after testing 200,000 people from all walks of life, from students to the Secret Service, from salesmen to sheriffs, from attorneys to arbitrators, from farmers to the FBI. Psychiatrists and law enforcement officers showed no more aptitude than college students, though the Secret Service agents were the most skilled in detecting deceit. Truth Wizards are especially attuned to nuances of facial expression, body language, ways of talking and they spot these micro-expressions which give us away. The TV series Lie to Me is based on the work of these researchers. However, most of the time we are taken in by lying eyes as we are held hostage by the sometimes lethal even if lovely look, just as Wilde was. ‘If you love me, you’d lie to me.’ ‘I’ve eyes only for you.’ But love is blind, just as beauty besots – love wears blinders. Love’s a blinder. When do we lie with our eyes? When we blink excessively or not at all.

‘Love the way you lie’ (Eminem). ‘The tongue may hide the truth but the eyes – never!’ – Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita

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