Lying is a cooperative act. People tend to blame deceivers. But if we can just limit our excessive sympathy, we may find that in many cases it is the victims’ weakness and greed that indulges themselves in lies. Or, in other cases, it is due to laziness. I have read a comic called Liar Game. There is a scene where the hero asked the heroine: “do you really believe those guys? Or you just too lazy to think?” Recognizing a deception is a tough and unpleasant work. You need to think, probe, judge, justify...You may make your “suspect” angry. So people choose to take what they are told as truth. But as the speaker suggests: get out of that very comfortable mode of knowing. It is a very helpful advice.
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