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  2. Truth-default theory - Wikipedia

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    There are also different perspectives on how people make a decision of whether someone is lying or telling the truth. The Adaptive Lie Detector account (ALIED) [18] argues that people do not default to believe information is true. Instead, people examine the clues that are available about the current statement being assessed (called ...

  3. Truth sandwich - Wikipedia

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    A truth sandwich is a technique in journalism to cover stories involving misinformation without unintentionally furthering the spread of false or misleading claims. It entails presenting the truth about a subject before covering misinformation, then ending a story by again presenting truth.

  4. Pinocchio paradox - Wikipedia

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    For Pinocchio, "my nose grows now" is a statement that merely serves to imply that whatever he said right before was a lie and that therefore his nose will probably be growing now because of that lie. In this context, the statement "my nose grows now" is a prediction or an 'educated' guess, which in its nature cannot be construed as a truth.

  5. How to tell if someone's lying to you - AOL

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    But when he finally told the truth in 2013, he got a lot more personal. 3) Liars also use very simple terms when explaining a story. It's easier to keep track of a lie when the details are basic ...

  6. Illusory truth effect - Wikipedia

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    The illusory truth effect (also known as the illusion of truth effect, validity effect, truth effect, or the reiteration effect) is the tendency to believe false information to be correct after repeated exposure. [1] This phenomenon was first identified in a 1977 study at Villanova University and Temple University.

  7. Evasion (ethics) - Wikipedia

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    In ethics, evasion is an act that deceives by stating a true statement that is irrelevant or leads to a false conclusion.For instance, a man knows that another man is in a room in the building because he heard him, but in answer to a question, says "I have not seen him", thereby avoiding both lying and making a revelation.

  8. John Waters on the Truth About Lying and How He’s Avoided ...

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    The so-called Pope of Trash talks about his novel, Liarmouth , the 50th anniversary of his film Pink Flamingos , why Catholics have the best sex, and more

  9. How to tell someone's lying to you just by watching their ...

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    Everyone gets lied to now and then, but when the stakes are high, knowing the difference between a truth and a lie can save the day. Detecting high-stakes lies is often the work of the FBI, and ...