slow news: lying liars
slow news – May 7, 2008
I’m Not Lying, I’m Telling a Future Truth. Really.
By Benedict Carey (NY Times)
We’ve all known a couple notorious liars. For most of us, lying makes us feel uncomfortable. However, according to a new study, for some people, lying helps them perfect or smooth over past failed performances and is actually comforting. Or something like that. While I’m usually skeptical about newspapers’ take on “a new study suggests…”, this one seemed interesting.
