Why Do People Lie

Luisa F. Samayoa Professor Class Date Why do People Lie If you argon truthful in a relationship, nonhing hurts more(prenominal) than auditory modality a lie from your partner sometimes dwelling the truth may hurt even more, yet still, in the longer run, a lie causes more damage than truth. Mark Twain once said, If you testify the truth, you dont have to remember anything. lie is not as simple as telling the truth versus disproof it. It is deeper than that. It may well be close creating a whole new set of truths that only the liar knows of. Today, I reflect on an interesting bailiwick why do people lie?Four years ago, I tried to understand why people lie, so I have been researching and information from my friends and own experiences. fiction is a constant action that is use in a daily day. So according to psychology today, much of the research shows that we tell 2 to 3 lies every 10 seconds. So, its about 930 now, suggest that most of us should have lied. Lets frivol away a look, how many an(prenominal) of you have lied in the last 72 hours? Think back Have told a fib, or a big genius? How many have told a little lie out there? (Raise Hand) All right these are all the liars, make sure you pay financial aid to them. (Smile) No, that looked good, it was about 2/3 of you.The other 3rd. didnt lie or perhaps forgot, or youre lying to me about your lying, which is very devious. (Smile) SHOW STADISTICS untruth has been used in the past and is not a recent behavior that has been adapted, as a result has been carried through evolution. Here we have Diogenes with his lantern. Does anyone knows what he was looking for? A single honest man and he died without finding one back in Greece. Also, we have Confucius in the East who was really concerned with sincerity. So let me talk about new deceptions we have been tracking. They are called The butler, Sock-puppet and the Chinese water.Lets start with the Butlers. * On my way, anybody ever written on my way? (R aise hand) indeed youve also lied. We are never on our way. We are thinking on going on our way. * Sorry I didnt respond to you earlier, my outpouring was dead. Your battery wasnt dead You werent in a dead zone You just didnt unavoidableness to respond to that person that time. * Youre talking to someone and you say Sorry, got work, gotta go But really, you are just bored, you want to talk to someone else. In fellowship to succeed everyday, people have created an action, this action is called Lying and is used for different purposes.It appears some lie for no reason at all, while many lie with great reasoning, some lie for a cause, and many build a cause to lie. Let me tell you, it has been a fantastic month for deception and Im not even talking about the high profile journalist caught for plagiarism get publicity & better pay, a young superstar writer whose book involves so many do up quotes that theyve been pulled from the shelves to be known and make money a NY Times expose on fake book reviews (Chinese water) to attract/gain publicity. now of course, not all deception hits the news. Much of the deception is every day.People lie for many reason and some are to save their face (example), Lying to shift blame (example), Lying to avoid confrontation, Lying to get ones way (Example), to hide information (This one can be used for good reasons or bad ones. Example good/bad), matter of habit or to gain attention. But can you detect a liar? some people say they can sometimes and they are able to tell by seeing through their eyes, tone of voice or their body movement. Now that you have understand why people lie and that this action has been taking place since long time ago, I will tell you some of its benefits. be there benefits on lying?Of course, telling a lie for personal benefits is always wrong, but if it can save lives or using it to dont hurt someone else is worth it. One of the best examples of a great benefit lying cause is about the teacher in Con necticut. Now that you know a little about why people lie, you are able to be aware of many lies people have been telling in order to achieve their objectives. As a result, around the world people lie for different reasons, some can be positive or negative. All this lies are being used by people to create a buffer, because we live in a 24/7 connected world and we just want to succeed in life.