Re: how to tell if someone is lying
 

Usually, if someone is purposely not telling the truth, then they are lying.

Re: how to tell if someone is lying
 

I find a good tell is touching the face, but that is also a tell for irritation.

Also, listen to qualifiers in their language. Like saying basically. Did you kill that guy? Well basically, no.

Re: how to tell if someone is lying
 

Very extensive research has been done on exactly this. People who have been well-trained in detecting lies through body language, inflection, etc., perform no better than naive control subjects. Training allows them to have much greater confidence in the accuracy of their responses, but they are still right only a bit better than 50% of the time.

Re: how to tell if someone is lying
 

Interesting, because I just watched a video on this today in psychology. These professors said pay attention to the voice. 2nd most important is the eyes. People can easily control their facial expressions, but their voice may sound forced. They did a study and people guessed the liars much more accurately when listening to a tape recording than when actually watching them talk.

Re: how to tell if someone is lying
 

If you aren't already a good liar, then figuring out when someone else is lying in response to a direct question is very difficult.

I'm going to keep it brief, to avoid confusion and potential damage.

The best way to know if someone is lying is to know the answer to the question before you ask it. You will never go wrong with this advice.

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Oh, Jessica Alba. She's not attractive at all. She mings.

That's funny, I feel all flushed.

Re: how to tell if someone is lying
 

i see someone else has read "on bullshit'

Re: how to tell if someone is lying
 

Kick them in the nuts...(somebody had to say it!)

Re: how to tell if someone is lying
 

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If you aren't already a good liar, then figuring out when someone else is lying in response to a direct question is very difficult.

The best way to know if someone is lying is to know the answer to the question before you ask it. You will never go wrong with this advice.

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ding ding

The reason this is true is that those who can lie well have anticipated questions in advance and formulated answers.