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The science of lying, with Professor Richard Wiseman

Instant Genius

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Are You Going to Vote on X, Y, Z?

I'm always deeply skeptical about how people say they'll respond or behave versus how they actually do. We're self presenting, we're telling that other person what we want them to think about us. It's the same when it comes to polls or to market research or whatever. And so if there are certain political candidates who are not, it's not, it wouldn't be good to be seen to support them. So often you've seen these posters be wrong.

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