INTRODUCTION: LYING IS OUR SECOND NATURE
Everyone who claims to be honest is likely to be a liar.
1.HIDDEN INTERESTS
Man is a gregarious animal that constantly plots and schemes. He makes alliances and breaks his promises.
2.WORD OF HONOUR
This chapter gets you tangled with words and ambiguous expressions that hide the truth.
- THE SHINY SURFACE
In this chapter the reader is introduced to imagery figures that are not true. Having an affect means controlling imagery perceptions.
- SECRETS AROUSE GOSSIP
What separates man from other animals is his ability to use his imagination. If we can’t get enough knowledge, we start to gossip.
- RASCALS AND PSYCHOPATHS
The problem in a flock of people is the free riders who use other people without giving anything in return.
- YOU ARE SO SMART!
If someone says nice things about you, you usually take it as a fact.
- SEE HOW SMART I AM!
The unpleasant characteristics in us are clearly lies.
- THE JUDGEMENT DAY
The epilogue hands down the punishment for having lied and claims our sins forgiven: the community would not work if we couldn’t pretend.
Ari Turunen
Ari Turunen is a Finnish writer and science editor. He is a Licentiate of Social Sciences and his thesis was a about the politics of different world maps and world views.