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What are some telling signs that someone is lying?

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ai-ai | 2 years ago
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I think it depends on the degree of the lie. I myself would be caught when I lie because I will laugh (on white lies). I can tell someone is lying when:
- he cannot make eye contact
- he wouldn't answer my question and would lead me to another topic
- he would pretend he doesn't hear me
- he would do something else than attending me
There are more, I can tell it. And it depends how long I have known that person. There are people who are good at lying or they're good at projecting poker faces. It's hard to tell if they lie. Some say, they could even pass the lie detector tests.

See also:
http://www.blifaloo.com/info/lies.php
http://www.howtodothings.com/family-relationships/how-to-tell-if-someone-is-lying-to-you

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lidyax2 | 2 years ago
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Everyone has different tell signs. It's the kind of thing that practice makes perfect and even then, we might be mistaken. Even lie detectors are not 100 % reliable. For what I've learned, some of the signs that the person might lie are: unable to meet your eyes, answering questions in a very roundabout ways, and fidgeting or looking nervous. But these signs not always show that the person is lying, they might be just nervous or not confident. On the other hand, there are people who are very good at lying. The best sign to see if someone is lying is the consistency of their story, which means you really have to pay attention of what they say and it takes a good listening and observation skill to do it.
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some psychology books I've read, but I forget the titles.

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bklynjs | 2 years ago
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As in poker, everyone has a tell you just have to figure it out. Body language is always the best key. Eye contact, shoulder slump, forcefullness of the voice and so on. But then you also have to look past the norm for professional liars. But find the tell. I do this in negotiations all the time when doing contracts and setting up a price.

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quesera | 2 years ago
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The way to determine that someone is lying is to prove with objective facts that what they are saying is not true. Period.

The idea that someone can teach themselves to be some sort of human lie-detector is ridiculous. Yes, sometimes really, really bad liars will have obvious "tells," but if you trick yourself into believing that everyone lies the same way and has these tells, good liars will breeze right past you. Pinocchio is just a story. A good number of liars lie just as easily as they tell the truth.

If you want to know if someone is telling the truth, you need to verify their story with confirmed facts. Jeffrey Dahmer was able to convince his probation officer that everything was fine. Of course, had that guy gone over to Jeffrey's apartment, he would have found severed heads.

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daffodilpetals | 2 years ago
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Usually if someone is talking to you and their eyes keep traveling to their left (your right) they are nervous and lying.

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