tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5737639979248917027.post2365634413309599629..comments2024-03-28T09:40:50.705-07:00Comments on SNIPPITS AND SNAPPITS: WHOSE SARIN?Noor al Haqiqahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08324677503909144567noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5737639979248917027.post-20170492280717152612013-12-26T17:10:05.182-08:002013-12-26T17:10:05.182-08:00We can just about count on the fact that if Obama ...We can just about count on the fact that if Obama says it, it's definitely a lie. Of course, George W. and the two before him were also good at this distortion of matters. Oliver Sachs in one of his books mentions how two different groups suffering from brain damage were able to tell immediately that the President was lying--it was probably Reagan though he does not say. One group was unable to follow words but could read emotions; the other could not read emotions but got the words. This is important because it means that one can detect lies in written material. It is not too hard after some practice time. It is the same skill that allows one to tell great literature from potboilers. And now we have thousand of gifted readers detecting the lies that officials tell and reporting on the net. The days of easy lying are over. Surely they must know this. Sachs work also lets us know that we all know a lie when we read or hear it--but our education and training causes us or some of us to ignore what we know to be true. This should make telling lies an especially painful and shameful act. But if one is shameless, it of course does not matter. Great article. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13458690256053943151noreply@blogger.com