WE MAY think that we are pretty good at spotting a liar, but science tells us otherwise. Numerous studies over the past 30 years show that the average person does no better than chance when they try to tell who is lying and who isn’t. But if you really know what to look at then you can do better. Years of research, much of it by Paul Ekman, world-renowned for his studies of emotions, have revealed the telltale signs of lying. And there are even machines emerging that learn to detect those same cues and may be able to pick…
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