HOW
HOW CAN
HOW CAN YOU TELL? STANFORD PROFESSOR JEFFERY
HANCOCK SAYS THAT'S A TOUGH
ONE.
ONE.
ONE. DOES
ONE. DOES EVERYBODY LIE?
WHY DO PEOPLE DO IT?
>> EVERYBODY DOES LIE.
THERE IS A LOT OF WORK.
>> I STAND FOR TRUTH!
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
>> LET ME PUT IT THIS WAY.
MOST PEOPLE LIE A LITTLE BIT.
A SMALL NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIE A
LOT.
LOT.
LOT. WE
LOT. WE CALL THOSE FOLKS PROLIFIC
LIARS.
LIARS.
LIARS. WHEN WE LOOK, WE RECORD PEOPLE
LYING SAY OVER A WEEK OR ASK
IN SURVEYS DID YOU LIE
YESTERDAY?
YESTERDAY? MOST PEOPLE LIE ONCE OR LESS
IN A DAY.
IN A DAY.
IN A DAY. THERE ARE A FEW PEOPLE, A
SMALL PERCENTAGE, THAT WILL
LIE A LOT OF TIMES.
ONE QUESTION IS ARE PROLIFIC
LIARS ALWAYS PROLIFIC LIARS?
PROBABLY.
PROBABLY.
PROBABLY. >> CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT'S
KNOWN AS DECEPTION CONSENSUS
EFFECT?
EFFECT?
EFFECT? >> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. THIS IS SUPER COOL.
I AM REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IN.
IT MIGHT EXPLAIN SOME OF THE
WAYS POLITICIANS OF DIFFERENT
KINDS INTERACT.
KINDS INTERACT. IF I AM A LIAR THAT LIES A
LOT, THEN I ASSUME THAT OTHER
PEOPLE ALSO LIE MORE
FREQUENTLY.
FREQUENTLY. WE WOULD ASK PEOPLE HOW OFTEN
DID YOU LIE IN YOUR LAST 100
TEXT MESSAGES?
TEXT MESSAGES? WE GET THEM TO RATE THEIR
PARTNER'S TEXT MESSAGES SENT
TO THEM.
TO THEM.
TO THEM. PEOPLE THAT LIED MORE ALSO
THOUGHT THEIR PARTNERS WERE
LYING MORE EVEN THOUGH IT WAS
COMPLETELY UNRELATED TO HOW
MUCH THE PARTNER WAS ACTUALLY
LYING.
LYING.
LYING. IF
LYING. IF YOU ARE AN HONEST PERSON,
THE GOOD NEWS IS YOU BELIEVE
OTHER PEOPLE.
OTHER PEOPLE. THAT'S GOOD BECAUSE MOST OF
THE TIME MOST PEOPLE ARE BEING
HONEST.
HONEST.
HONEST. IF YOU SAID HONEST, HONEST,
HONEST, HONEST, HONEST, YOU
WOULD BE RIGHT MOST OF THE
TIME.
TIME.
TIME. WE
TIME. WE TEND TO TELL THE TRUTH AT
LYSE IN TEXT MESSING WELL OVER
93 OR 94%.
IF YOU ARE ONE OF THE PROLIFIC
LIARS YOU WILL BE CONSTANTLY
SUSPICIOUS OF OTHER PEOPLE.
WE SEE IN POLITICAL SPEECH
POLITICIANS THAT LIE A LOT
TEND TO ACCUSE THEIR OPPONENTS
OF LYING A LOT.
>> THEY'RE PROJECTING.
>> EXACTLY.
>> EXACTLY. CLASSIC PROJECTION.
CLASSIC PROJECTION. THERE IS THEIR PUNISHMENT.
>> HAS SOCIAL MEDIA MADE US
MORE DISHONEST OR LESS?
>> IF IT'S ME AND PART TIME I
KNOW, IF IT'S MY WIFE OR
ANGELA MY NEW FRIEND, WE HAVE
FOUND SOCIAL MEDIA DOESN'T
HAVE OVERALL EFFECT ON HOW
MUCH WE WOULD LIE TO PEOPLE IN
INTERPERSONAL OR KNOWN
NETWORK.
NETWORK.
NETWORK. HOWEVER THE UNKNOWN NETWORK,
PEOPLE THAT WE DON'T KNOW,
THIS COULD BE SOMEBODY TRYING
TO SELL SOMETHING, COULD BE
SOMEBODY THAT WANTS TO GET TO
KNOW US, COULD BE A RUSSIAN
DISINFORMATION AGENT.
DISINFORMATION AGENT. THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE
CONTACTING US FROM OUR UNKNOWN
NETWORK, THEY ARE MORE LIKELY
TO BE DECEPTIVE TO US.
IT'S SORT OF THE DOUBLE EDGED
SWORD OF SOCIAL MEDIA.
WE CAN BE CONNECTED WITH SO
MANY PEOPLE WHICH IS ITS
POWER.
POWER.
POWER. IT
POWER. IT ALSO ALLOWS THE PEOPLE THAT
WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF US
AND MANIPULATE US.
>> HOW DO WE PROTECT OURSELVES
FROM BEING DECEIVED?
>> THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, I
THINK, IN SOCIAL MEDIA ANYWAY,
IS TO KNOW WHO AND WHERE
MESSAGES ARE COMING FROM.
IF I SEE SOMETHING FROM ANGELA
FOR EXAMPLE, I SHOULD TREAT
THAT WITH THE SAME TRUST I
WOULD TREAT IT IF I WAS
TALKING TO ANGELA.
IF IT'S FROM SOMEBODY THAT I
DON'T KNOW OR IT'S FROM A NEWS
SOURCE I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF,
WE SHOULD BE 100% SUSPICION
RAISED.
RAISED.
RAISED. IT MAKES SENSE.
FACE TO FACE, IF SOME STRANGER
CAME UP TO US AND WE WERE
TALKING WE WOULD ORIENT OUR
BODIES AS TO WHETHER THE
STRANGER CAN APPROACH OR NOT
APPROACH.
APPROACH.
APPROACH. ONLINE IT IS TRICKIER.
WE HAVE TO DO MORE WORK.
THAT'S ONE OF THE HARDEST
THINGS.
THINGS.
THINGS. PEOPLE HAVE TO LEARN TO
DISTINGUISH PEOPLE WE KNOW
FROM PEOPLE WE DON'T KNOW.
WHEN WE LOOK AT DIFFERENT AGE
GROUPS, OLDER FOLKS REALLY
STRUGGLE WITH THIS DISRUPTION
OF THE KNOWN AND UNKNOWN
NETWORK.
NETWORK.
NETWORK. THAT'S ONE THING THEY REALLY
HAVE TO WORK ON AND BECOME
BETTER SKILLED AT.
>> SUCH A GREAT CONVERSATION.
THANK YOU PROFESSOR HANCOCK.
HE HAS A LOT MORE FASCINATING
INFORMATION TO SHARE WHEN IT
COMES TO IDENTIFYING THE
TRUTH.
TRUTH.
TRUTH. WE'LL BE HOSTING A SESSION IN