From London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe.
“But the truth is, everybody lies. We all do it, in ways large and small, more often than we might care to admit. Scholars known as “deception scientists” have studied the psychology of lying and concluded that as a human behavior, it is incredibly common. Most studies on the subject have found that the average person lies at least once or twice a day. But this may be an underestimate, because the methodology of these studies usually depends on self-reporting by subjects, and when people answer questions about how often they lie, they might very well be lying.”
Since you are likely average, what have you fibbed about today? I have not stretched the truth at all today. Yowza, upon further review, there’s my first one. Or is it the second? Third?
Pressing Pause 