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longship

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1. Is this another "Lie to Me" police procedural drama sub-plot?

Reply to SoLeftIAmRight (Original post)

Fri Feb 19, 2016, 06:25 PM

Feb 2016

God! I hope not.

The best thing that program ever did was expose lie detectors as a bit of a fraud. The worst thing it did is to put truth to any connection between lying and physical expressions. Of course, those were just plot devices to get beyond the next commercial break, just like warp drive on theStarship Enterprise.

I suspect that the correct response to your simple question is "Nothing whatsoever."

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What do the current finding in neuroscience reveal about the relation between lying and physical exp [View all] SoLeftIAmRight Feb 2016 OP

Is this another "Lie to Me" police procedural drama sub-plot? longship Feb 2016 #1

I am not seeing any references to current... SoLeftIAmRight Feb 2016 #2

Then I would say that my (and your) evaluation might be correct. longship Feb 2016 #3

quick look shows this - no woo here SoLeftIAmRight Feb 2016 #4

I am skeptical of these claims. longship Feb 2016 #5

I make no claims SoLeftIAmRight Feb 2016 #6

But detecting lies by facial expressions is an extraordinary claim. longship Feb 2016 #7