Psychology

To live more truthfully, we need to tell fewer lies and embrace the truth more

In their perverse way, liars are guided by truth: they recognise and acknowledge truth but attempt to conceal it

01 March 2020 - 00:03 By Anna Hartford

In early childhood we develop what psychologists call "theory of mind". We grasp that there's a distance between what we know and what other people know, and in turn we grasp that we're able to manipulate this distance. We can get someone else to believe something that we ourselves don't believe...

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