Who are the cleverest liars? My best answer is actors. They are the masterminds of lying. We also know that they lie in front of us (on tv, in movie, or on stage) while we are watching them. We enjoy watching them lying in front of us and they enjoy doing that. Of course they have to enjoy doing that because they get paid for that. They lie to make a living. So, big thanks to those clever liars (or actors) for their efforts to give us some life lessons from the movies they play.
Being inspired also from "The Mentalist" tv series, I quoted some of Patrick Jane's words when he talked about lies. I caught 3 interesting quotes about lies from him.
Good, honest people are always bad liars. (Season 4, Episode 2: Little Red Book)
That's true. Maybe it's because they cannot fake their body language. When they are telling a lie, maybe their eyes aren't brave enough to make contact with the listener's eyes. Or maybe, their hand suddenly touches their face areas. That shows their being nervous; because they are really nervous in front of the listener, or because they feel so uncomfortable and scared for telling a lie that much blood flows up to their face areas, causing some itchy effects on their face. It means that they still have their conscience. That good conscience helps their body to protest. Their body wants to notify the listener that the words coming out from the speaker's mouth are a bunch of lies. And fortunately there are still many people in this world who are bad at lying.
It's hard to lie when you are thinking about something else. (Season 1, Episode 18: Aingavite Baa)
When you are thinking about something, your focus is on that thing. Your brain is very focused. Then if suddenly somebody gives you a question that you know the answer, you will automatically answer that without hesitation. There isn't any chance for you to be "creative" in giving an answer that is not the real answer. If you still want to lie, you need a much longer pause than usual to answer because thinking about that lie needs hard work.
Tests can be fooled; human behaviour never lies. (Season 4, Episode 4: Ring around the Rosie)
Doing any test is easy if you know the answer. Furthermore, if the test is only asking about your habit, your preference, your history, and your anything else, you can finish the test very quickly. And, you can also give wrong answers very easily and quickly too. You give wrong answers because you don't want to be honest and you just want to fool the test and the persons who give you the test. However, the way you behave will reveal who you really are; totally different from the result of the test. For instance, you say in the test that you are careful in handling your money. But in reality, many people know that you are very addicted to shopping. You say in the test that you are a bird lover. But in reality, you love to shoot wild birds for pleasure.
So, how long are you going to be able to lie? The longer you "train" yourself to tell lies, the better you will be at becoming an actor. You will never be able to enjoy the real life.
When you are thinking about something, your focus is on that thing. Your brain is very focused. Then if suddenly somebody gives you a question that you know the answer, you will automatically answer that without hesitation. There isn't any chance for you to be "creative" in giving an answer that is not the real answer. If you still want to lie, you need a much longer pause than usual to answer because thinking about that lie needs hard work.
Tests can be fooled; human behaviour never lies. (Season 4, Episode 4: Ring around the Rosie)
Doing any test is easy if you know the answer. Furthermore, if the test is only asking about your habit, your preference, your history, and your anything else, you can finish the test very quickly. And, you can also give wrong answers very easily and quickly too. You give wrong answers because you don't want to be honest and you just want to fool the test and the persons who give you the test. However, the way you behave will reveal who you really are; totally different from the result of the test. For instance, you say in the test that you are careful in handling your money. But in reality, many people know that you are very addicted to shopping. You say in the test that you are a bird lover. But in reality, you love to shoot wild birds for pleasure.
So, how long are you going to be able to lie? The longer you "train" yourself to tell lies, the better you will be at becoming an actor. You will never be able to enjoy the real life.
