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TED Talk Tuesdays @ Unity Renaissance – “How to Spot a Liar” with Pamela Meyer
June 5, 2018 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Everyone is a liar, but the goal to spotting liars isn’t to trick them or play ‘gotcha’, but to understand the truth.
Truth #1 Lying is a cooperative act – it needs the hearer to believe.
Truth #2 We are against lying… and covertly for it
Lying can manifest as corporate fraud, which costs nearly a trillion dollars a year in the US, or it can betray national secrets. In many cases lying defines our social interations – to protect ourselves, to protect others, to portray ourselves differently to what we are, to lie to a partner, we lie to a stranger 3 times within 10 minutes of meeting them. The thought of this makes people recoil in horror. However, the more intelligent the species, the more they rely on deception. Children grow up with lies and by the time they are in the workforce they are living in a ‘post-truth society’.
Schedule of Events:
June 2018: “How to Spot a Liar” by Pamela Meyer
July 10: “Power Foods for the Brain” by Neal Barnard
August 14: “Why Comfort Will Ruin Your Life” by Bill Eckstrom
September 11: “What Does It Mean To Be Beautiful” by Ester Honing
October 9: “Skills for Healthy Romantic Relationships” by Joanne Davila
November 13: “Why I Left An Evangelical Cult” by Dawn Smith
December 11: “The Psychology of Self-Motivation ” by Scott Gel