Politician Syndrome

Something relevant (& obvious) in the news.....
https://www.theguardian.com/science...time-lies-may-desensitise-brain-to-dishonesty

Now scientists have uncovered an explanation for why telling a few porkies has the tendency to spiral out of control. The study suggests that telling small, insignificant lies desensitises the brain to dishonesty, meaning that lying gradually feels more comfortable over time.

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Revoltingest said:

Something relevant (& obvious) in the news.....
https://www.theguardian.com/science...time-lies-may-desensitise-brain-to-dishonesty

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Based on a multi-million dollar study I personally conducted, there is almost certainly a level of truthiness in this.
If you disagree, please refer to my lawyer. They double as both evidence of what I'm talking about, and a big stick to sue you if you have spare cash I can procure.

lewisnotmiller said:

Based on a multi-million dollar study I personally conducted, there is almost certainly a level of truthiness in this.
If you disagree, please refer to my lawyer. They double as both evidence of what I'm talking about, and a big stick to sue you if you have spare cash I can procure.

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Come to think of it......maybe "lawyer syndrome" is even more appropriate.

Revoltingest said:

Come to think of it......maybe "lawyer syndrome" is even more appropriate.

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A little more seriously, but definitely in the realms of 'non-scientific and anecdotal' this totally gels with what I saw when I was a primary teacher. Many, but not quite all little-uns are shocking liars. Working out when and how to jump on that help preserve their bad lying to a later age than letting them get away with it.

I never quite worked out if I was helping that particular kid or not, in a practical sense. After all, lying (unfortunately) is a useful skill, if morally questionable. Whilst that sounds like a throw-away line, I'm actually completely serious in that.

This is very likely the cause behind the right-wing lying through their teeth that this editorial in that well-known communist rag, Businessinsider. So I appreciate this thread offering a neat tie in:

Fact-free conservative media is a symptom of GOP troubles, not a cause

If they look honestly enough, they will realize the conservative information sphere has long been full of lies. The reason for this is that lying has been the most effective way to promote many of the policies favored by donor-class conservatives, and so they built an apparatus to invent and spread the best lies.
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Trump's contribution to conservative messaging has not been the introduction of widespread lying. Rather, it has been his realization that you don't have to just lie about what the donors want lied about, and you don't need a fake model, because nobody's paying attention to the numbers anyway.
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Trump lies and lies and lies and lies and lies and he does not even respect his supporters enough to lie well. You would think he would get in trouble for this, but Republican elites have spent so many years intentionally discrediting the media and policy experts and others who would dare to tell the truth about the public policy that his lies are, in fact, convincing enough for the conservative base.
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Shadow Wolf said:

I got the feeling the study may have been looking at more than just lying given how tax evasion, sport doping, and other acts were mentioned. But, it does enforce other ideas within psychology.

I'd say it's more than truthiness, as the article really isn't anything big surprising, as even it points out that it's normal adaption/desensitizing behaviors.

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I agree. The truthiness reference was just part of my admittedly poor attempt to come off as shady and evasive. Like a guy who has lied too much.

You should be used to my sense of humour by now. My jokes have the following trademarks;

1) They are tangential
2) The are not funny
4) They commonly skip 3 when I am writing a numbered list

Revoltingest said:

Something relevant (& obvious) in the news.....
https://www.theguardian.com/science...time-lies-may-desensitise-brain-to-dishonesty

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Is this a new study? Despite the article coming out recently, I could have swore I heard about it earlier. At any rate, I certainly think there is something to it. Thanks for sharing.

Quetzal said:

Is this a new study? Despite the article coming out recently, I could have swore I heard about it earlier. At any rate, I certainly think there is something to it. Thanks for sharing.

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It seems another case of some sociologist demonstrating we already know.
So no wonder it sounds familiar.
Still....it's interesting.