But even if we don’t have any sinister intentions and just want to maintain polite social manners and courtesies, dishonesty can lead to unexpectedly grave consequences.
So when Reddit user Drizzho asked everyone on the platform to describe a time their “little” lie backfired on them, people recalled many memorable stories. Continue scrolling to check them out, and don’t miss the conversations we had with Dr. Hart and the author of the post.
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But ultimately, “Lying is normal. Though most people don’t tell any lies on a given day, when we track people’s lying over time, we find that over a three-month span, 99% of them report lying,” psychologist and co-author of ‘Big Liars’ Dr. Christian L. Hart also told Bored Panda.
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In total, 1,646 lies were reported; however, half of them came from just 5.3% of the participants. This illustrates Dr. Hart’s sentiment and highlights that lying is usually rare, except in a small group of prolific liars. Since the paper was released, its findings have been replicated numerous times.
It also appears that changing conditions don’t add too much variance. Research by David Markowitz from the University of Oregon showed that people seem to lie systematically, and whether the communication is happening face-to-face, via email, social media, texting, video chat, or phone, the rates are very similar — between 7.8 and 12.3 percent.
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“Their lies are not intended to take advantage of anyone. Only a minority of lies are told for malevolent reasons.”
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Dr. Hart agrees. “Since we know that everyone lies from time to time, we should probably continue to trust people whose lies we detect,” the psychologist said, reiterating that it’s the intent we should be aware of.
“If we notice that someone is lying a lot or if their lies are selfish and malevolent, we should probably reconsider whether they deserve our trust.”
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Signing off, Drizzho also asked if we could help and add a link to their cat’s medical fundraiser, so if you want to read up on three-year-old Apollo’s condition, visit the boy’s GoFundMe here.
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