The Truth

If you don't know what you say when you're telling the truth, I would not recommend trying to lie. The brain image maps above show neuron activity contrasting positive versus negative valence, or telling the truth versus lying (the lie is to the left). It is impossible to use less neurons when lying than when telling the truth. Most of us think our lies sound like really good stories. The reason they are not believable is just that, because they are really good stories.

When we tell the truth our brains don't work hard at all and our responses are usually instant. This is why we have pauses, random itches, and sudden eyebrow adjustments when lying. When the truth is being a told you should receive a quick and concise response. Lies tend to include part of the truth with tons of insignificant detail which is intended to divert attention from the little truth being told.

Another a key factor becoming a human lie detector is always asking yourself what the other person would say if they were telling the truth. Ask yourself this before even asking the question so you can interpret the answer accurately, that is if it's not a lie just being spread voluntarily. People don't have the balls to admit when they've done something wrong so often we will pass blame to others. You can almost always put fault on the person who is blaming someone else, however minor the incident.

Another secret is that the truth does not tend to prompt the use of adverbs. Now this rule obviously has some exceptions, but when someone says "to be honest with," well, actually," "honestly" or "to tell you the truth" you can usually bet they're telling you the opposite. If you are telling me the truth you would just answer. I'm not asking you if you are telling the truth, I'm just asking a question. You should not have to say you are telling the truth prior to telling the truth. You say "honestly" because you really want me to believe you are being honest, which you wouldn't care to do if you actually were being honest. Now in minor day-to-day conversations someone might respond to you asking about their weekend by saying "Well, to tell you the truth, I didn't do a damn thing all weekend." But you know what I mean.

I could go for days about all the different clues to when someone is lying to you. This post is not to make you all better liars, it is to make you realize that you shouldn't lie because none of us are good at it. Even with all the knowledge I've acquired in human behavior, when I attempt to lie I still find myself following these inevitable reactions to doing so. It's hard to stop yourself from blinking or looking up and to the left while fabricating a story.

The small white lies are the lamest ones to tell about because they are so little, just come with the truth already. If you lie you are basically just a pussy who can't stand up and take responsibility for your actions. If you wish to receive the truth from others, you must start telling the truth yourself. This universe always works in this very simple way. Like behaviors always attract. Always. If you are corrupt you will always attract corruptness. If you are loving you will always attract loving behavior.

Help us all get to that next level of consciousness and start realizing you reap everything that you sow. You can try to avoid that shitty, flavorless fruit that you planted 2 years ago, but the one you take from your neighbor that looks delicious from the outside will definitely be rotten on the inside, every time player.