[Torg] Lies and Reality

[Stephen John Smoogen]

http://nymag.com/news/features/43893/

So when do the 98 percent who think lying is wrong become the 98
percent who lie?

It starts very young. Indeed, bright kids -- those who do better on
other academic indicators -- are able to start lying at 2 or 3. "Lying
is related to intelligence," explains Dr. Victoria Talwar, an
assistant professor at Montreal's McGill University and a leading
expert on children's lying behavior.

Although we think of truthfulness as a young child's paramount virtue,
it turns out that lying is the more advanced skill. A child who is
going to lie must recognize the truth, intellectually conceive of an
alternate reality, and be able to convincingly sell that new reality
to someone else. Therefore, lying demands both advanced cognitive
development and social skills that honesty simply doesn't require.
"It's a developmental milestone," Talwar has concluded.

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No wonder the Nameless One hates reality users.. they are always lieing to it.

-- 
Stephen J Smoogen. -- CSIRT/Linux System Administrator
How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed
in a naughty world. = Shakespeare. "The Merchant of Venice"