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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. A really interesting book. Or am I lying? You'll have to read this and decide! ( ) Although I regard Pop Psychology with abhorrence akin to that of a Muslim presented with a plate of pork – and the religious analogy is apt because Leslie accuses God of being the first liar – this book fascinates from start to finish. Although lying is discouraged in every culture it is ubiquitous amongst humans – even animals and plants ‘lie’ because it is an essential survival skill. The Bible is unclear on the subject – the Eighth Commandment condemns perjury not lying – and only in the 5th century AD did St Augustine pronounced lies unequivocally wrong. Leslie claims good liars are, on the whole, better balanced than bad liars and mankind ‘stripped of our lies’ becomes ‘sick, depressed or mad’. So let’s keep the rhinoplasty surgeons in business and keep fibbing. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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We all do it - how to be a better liar, spot a charlatan and tell the difference between truth and fiction In Born Liars, Ian Leslie takes the reader on an exhilarating tour of ideas that brings the latest news about deception back from the frontiers of psychology, neuroscience, and philosophy, and explores the role played by lies - both black and white - in our childhoods, our careers, and our health, as well as in advertising, politics, sport and war. Drawing on thinkers as varied as Augustine, Charles Darwin, Sigmund Freud and Joni Mitchell, the author argues that, far from being a bug in the human software, lying is central to who we are; that we cannot understand ourselves without first understanding the dynamics of deceit. After reading Born Liars you'll never think about lies - or life - in quite the same way again. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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