| Title | : | Telling Lies: Clues to Deceit in the Marketplace, Politics, and Marriage |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | |
| ISBN | : | 0393321886 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780393321883 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 390 |
| Publication | : | First published January 1, 1985 |
Telling Lies: Clues to Deceit in the Marketplace, Politics, and Marriage Reviews
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Paul Ekman is without a doubt one of the top experts in the world on facial expressions in humans. His research is careful, painstaking, and intelligently done. He has honestly subtitled this book "Clues to Deceit in the Marketplace,Politics, and Marriage." It is not his fault that the book has been hyped and is advertised as being able to teach us unfailingly when someone is lying.
No book can teach anyone to be positive that someone else is telling the truth. No book can tell anyone proof-positive indicators of lying. And, Paul Ekman himself says that every one of the indicators of lying that he uncovered don't always indicate lying. That includes lie detector machines. All the machines and facial tics and conversational tics tell you that someone is nervous or anxious and deceit is not the only thing that makes people nervous. Moreover, some liars are so good that they show no indicators at all. They apparently don't have any consciences.
However, some of the time for some people, maybe even most people, the indicators will at least make you suspicious that they're lying. Ekman's careful descriptions of these indicators are very well worth reading about. I found it all very interesting.
I have but one quarrel with this work. In several places, he says that something has not yet been proven or shown, but he thinks that with more research it will be proven or shown. That is not a scientific argument. Who knows what more research will show? That is the sort of argument that Behaviorists used for decades. In my Intro to Psych class at Brown, my professor said that "If we knew every single stimulus that had impinged on someone from infancy on, we could predict every one of his actions throughout his life." I thought to myself then, "Suppose we knew every single stimulus and it proved that you couldn't predict behavior, that the stimuli alone that one is subjected to is not the sole predictor of behavior." Of course, Noam Chomsky demolished Behaviorism when he showed that every human being can utter new thoughts, not only those he or she had heard.
My only criticism -
This one should have been really interesting. It's written by one of the scientists whose work serves as the inspiration for "Lie to Me", yet you haven't really experienced boring until you read upwards of 40 pages describing minute facial expressions. Also, I was disappointed that there was really nothing in here I hadn't already seen presented in a more interesting and engaging way. Were this a documentary, it would have been awesome. As a book, I just wanted it to end.
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Referenced in
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking and
A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future.
Unlike other reviewers I was happy to wade through pages of micro expressions which I found to be the most useful part of the book. A full chapter on the workings of polygraphs, however, was a different matter and I ended up skipping that altogether.
Read in research for WIP. -
'Consider what life would be like if everyone could lie perfectly or if no one could lie at all...'
Amazing book gives us scientific research and clues about lying. It starts with universal emotions, leaking, concealing them and stalking clues. 'Why lies fail' topic is the best. If you are looking for book which is not give silly information about body expression and lying, this is it. Facial clues, microexpressions, types of deception, detecting deceit from words, voice, body and face are explained with examples and real life situations from history. You'll learn terms of lying like deception guilt, duping delight, fear of being caught, brokaw hazard, othello error.
Love it!!! -
Because the TV show Lie to Me is based on the work of Paul Ekman, the casual reader may expect something a bit more fun and glamorous. There is nothing wrong this text per se, but there are very few diagrams to illustrate his points. Instead, you should be ready for a rather dry, academic discussion of the non-verbals, psychology, and language behind lying. Some background in at least one of these areas would be an advantage, or the reader may become quickly bored. For reasons I could not ascertain, the facial map and his famous facial coding system have been strangely omitted, although my guess would be that many readers would be looking for exactly this information. Ever the scientist, Ekman rightly refers to a lot of academic studies for his evidence. Unfortunately the text is overly targeted at an American audience, with a bit too much reference to polygraphs (rarely used outside of the USA), and a heavy bias towards American cases in the application chapter, leaving international readers at a bit of a loss. My final verdict is that it is scientifcally accurate, but it needs a bit of work to make it more accessible to the casual reader.
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Essendo fan di "Lie to me " non potevo non leggerlo. Si tratta di un libro settoriale ma scritto in maniera tale da essere accessibile anche a chi, come il sottoscritto, è una capra in materia. Si fa però riferimento spesso a tutto il settore emotivo che, sebbene venga brevemente illustrato, non è pienamente sufficiente ad apprezzare il libro. Leggerei volentieri altro dall'autore
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I've heard about this guy and his research on microexpressions from a different book. I didn't get a chance to read his book until I found it by chance in the library. The book as the title suggests is about lies. Here he discussed his research findings and the different clues to deceit that a liar might leak. I liked that he was very neutral. If one of his research findings is still preliminary and not replicated he says so. The things I got from this book are: 1) a huge list of clues to deceit (not sure if I will ever get to use them in my life) 2) most of us are no better than chance as lie detectors 3) it's really hard to lie unless you're naturally born liar (psychopaths..) 4) it's really hard to detect lies and you need hours of training to be an exper lie detector
I hated the poor editing of the book. There were lots of repetitions. I feel like half the current page count will be just fine.
I might update later with more details about methods to detect liars. -
There are two things I can't tolerate:
1. When the author repeats the same points MANY times throughout MANY chapters -- The fluffy stuff that's squeezed in with every new concept
2. When the author teases you with just enough information to keep you entertained / interested, but to get anything useful out of it, you have to purchase their other work
Both apply to this book. Honestly, I couldn't get past chapter 6.
You'll get more out of reading the first four chapters + appendix and invest in his online micro-expression training course. -
Доктор філософії, професор Пол Екман настільки довго й успішно вивчав психологію емоцій та природу брехні, що його дослідження надихнули американських кінопродюсерів на створення серіалу «Lie to Me». Власне прототипом головного героя і став сам відомий усьому світові психолог. Доктор Екман був науковим консультантом серіалу, детально аналізував і критикував кожен епізод, навчав акторів та знімальну групу мистецтву виявлення обману.
Пол Екман також є автором кількох наукових праць, одна з яких («Теорія брехні») перевидавалася англійською мовою кілька разів з 1985 до 2009 року.
На підставі 50-річних досліджень доктора Екмана 2019 року було засновано компанію Paul Ekman International, яка в багатьох країнах світу проводить семінари з емоційних навичок та методів виявлення брехні.
Цю унікальну книжку можна назвати енциклопедією брехні. Попри надскладну тему психології емоцій та їхніх проявів у людей будь-хто спроможний отримати загальні відомості про феномен брехні, про всі її ознаки (вербальні та невербальні), про те, як працюють над викриттям брехунів потужні відповідні державні установи у світі, якою може бути брехня в звичайному житті людини, та які є у світі методи та практики розкриття неправди.
Структура оповіді побудована дуже вдало, а серйозна наукова інформація подана зрозуміло, легко й цікаво на безлічі прикладах з історії та описі досліджень автора. Про те, наскільки ж тонкою, крихкою та водночас ��адпотужною та життєво небезпечною може бути брехня, читачеві наче розповідають самі учасники історичних подій різних часів і країн та учасники з реальної практики Пола Екмана.
На початку книжки дослідник подає власне визначення терміну брехні: це свідома дія, якою одна людина вводить в оману іншу, роблячи це навмисне, без попереднього повідомлення про свою мету й без чітко вираженого з боку жертви прохання не розкривати правди.
Також психолог вважає, що є дві основні форми брехні:
замовчування (приховування правди);
спотворення (повідомлення неправдивої інформації).
На підтвердження цієї тези Екман далі в книзі наводить безліч прикладів, які її ілюструють.
Окрім основних форм є також декілька різновидів брехні:
приховування справжньої причини емоції;
повідомлення правди як брехні;
напівправда;
виверт.
Далі йде розділ, присвячений методам, завдяки яким можна викрити неправду. Часто людський розум і почуття можуть погано з нами пожартувати. Саме тому нерідко навіть природжений брехун може потрапити в пастку власної психіки. Наприклад, від початку він може обрати невдалу лінію поведінки, недостатньо сфальсифікує емоції, відчуватиме страх викриття або його згризуть докори сумління. Усе перелічене може проявитися в міміці, голосі або рухах тіла, навіть якщо брехун ретельно намагається це приховати.
Окремий (і вельми пізнавальний) розділ присвячений способам визначення брехні за словами, голосом, рухами тіла та мімікою. Звісно, після опанування цього матеріалу ви не станете Келом Лайтманом (головний герой серіалу «Lie to Me», провідний у світі спеціаліст із визначення брехні), але на побутовому рівні для вас стане більш реальним ловити на гарячому людей, які намагаються вами маніпулювати за допомогою брехні. До речі, навичка викриття обману може стати в пригоді тим, хто, наприклад, набирає та оцінює працівників на підприємстві. У книзі є яскраві приклади роботи професійних «мисливців за головами», які змушені під час роботи вдаватися до брехні.
Найбільший розділ книжки присвячено детектору брехні. Пол Екман розвінчує, мабуть, усі розповсюджені міфи про цей пристрій, про його призначення, механізми роботи та галузі застосування.
Наукові свідоцтва з цієї теми доволі обмежені, тому автор детально пояснює:
хто саме використовує детектор брехні;
як працює детектор брехні;
чи дійсно він здатен фіксувати те, що людина бреше (насправді – ні);
що таке техніка контрольних питань та як вона працює;
і багато іншого цікавого й мало відомого пересічним громадянам, які не стикаються в житті з детекторами брехні.
Для ілюстрації всіх аспектів теми Екман наводить, як і зазвичай, реальні події. Наприклад, помилки слідства, коли після низки фактів розслідування та застосування до підозрюваних детектора брехні було визнано винними невинних людей.
Щодо використання пристрою для перевірки людей – у книзі також про це є цікаві докази та свідчення.
«Всі брешуть!» – казав головний герой ще одного відомого серіалу – доктор Хаус. І він мав рацію. Брехня супроводжує нас усюди й завжди. Подружжя брешуть одне одному, батьки брешіть дітям, а діти – батькам, начальники – підлеглим, і навпаки. Політики брешуть і поготів. Проте брехня є різною, її супроводжують різні емоції та ґрунтується вона на певній меті. Ми всі в певний час вдягаємо маски, намагаємося приховати емоції, зберегти якусь свою таємницю та навіть хочемо маніпулювати кимось. Усе це є природними діями людини, ми здатні контролювати почуття, хоч і не бездоганно. А якби не вміли, то були б усі на рівні тримісячної дитини, яка не може приховувати чи керувати емоціями.
Природа дала нам здатність брехати або говорити правду, помічати й зупиняти брехню або не зважати на неї. Ми маємо вибір. Ось що є головним. А те, що ми не можемо бачити наскрізь усіх навколо, робить нас напрочуд унікальними.
Вам сподобається, якщо: вам цікаво навчитися розпізнавати емоції людей задля розуміння їхньої природи та для розширення власних знань із приводу причин історичних подій.
Вам не сподобається, якщо: ви чекали докладної інструкції з розпізнавання обману в людей. Ця книжка не дає алгоритмів викриття неправди. Вона вчить викривати приховані емоції, але задля того, аби вчасно розпізнати брехню, а не маніпулювати іншими.
Головна причина прочитати: емоційна сфера людини – дуже цікавий та глибокий аспект психіки. Брехня є природним процесом, який може бути як корисним, так і смертоносним. Усе залежить від мети того, хто бреше. Чи того, хто хоче, щоби його обдурили.
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Deși am început să o citesc cu destul de mult entuziasm, căci m-au fascinat mereu studiile lui Ekman și pentru că prima carte citită de el, "Emotions revealed", a fost destul de interesantă, am conștientizat treptat că soarta cărții de față nu avea să fie la fel.
Am simțit că în "Telling lies", datorită succesului pe care l-au avut cercetările sale, s-a străduit să sublinieze cât de dificil este să detectezi o minciună și cât de relative sunt semnele pe care le observi. Acestea nu indică niciodată că cineva minte, ci că cineva are o emoție, însă sursa acelei emoții nu implică în mod necesar o minciună, ci orice altă stare. Mai mult decât atât, de multe ori persoanele care mint nu trădează nimic, dacă nu trebuie să ascundă vreo emoție sau dacă sunt psihopați sau mincinoși înăscuți. De asemenea, semnele faciale nu sunt suficiente, ci trebuie luate în considerare și semnele corporale, vocea și cele provocate de sistemul nervos autonom. Și că toate aceste simptome sunt cu atât mai relative cu cât diferențele culturale și lingvistice sunt mai mari între persoana care minte și persoana care dorește să descopere adevărul.
O altă mare parte din carte a fost dedicată poligrafului sau, așa cum mai este cunoscut, detectorului de minciuni. Numele “detector de minciuni” este impropriu, ne spune Ekman, căci poligraful nu detectează minciuni, ci semne produse de sistemul nervos autonom, precum modificări ale pulsului, transpirația etc. Dar toate aceste simptome le pot avea și persoanele inocente supuse unui poligraf, dacă le este teamă că cei care îi testează sunt nedrepți și că nu îi vor credea. Sau că, dimpotrivă, cineva care cunoaște faptul că poligrafele sunt failibile, poate să nu simtă nicio emoție pe durata testului, sau poate fi antrenat să il păcăleacă, ori poate chiar apela la unele droguri.
În cele din urmă, deși îmi doream să învăț noi lucruri despre emoții și modul cum acestea pot fi depistate, am fost atenționată într-un mod foarte meticulos, insistent și, poate chiar disperat, ce muncă dificilă este aceasta, cât de mulți factori trebuie luați în considerare și cât de relativ este fiecare caz particular. Mi-a tăiat negreșit din elanul inițial, însă cred că ținta principală a acestei cărți sunt persoanele sus puse, precum cele din politică, armată, poliție, managerii de companii etc., a căror abuz al teoriilor sale pot produce consecințe devastatoare. Analizând puțin trebuie să admit că, chiar dacă nu a fost ceea ce mă așteptam, am învățat lucruri neașteptate care sunt în acord și cu un principiu de al meu: într-un sistem complex precum comportamentul uman, explicațiile simpliste sunt adesea înșelătoare. -
A couple weeks ago I had an interview. Before it, we had to fill a sheet in which I filled in my salary expectations and notice period expectations. The interviewer looked at it and immediately her brows came close to each other. She asked me a few questions, and I answered them. It was as if she had already decided to reject the application. I was reading her face and I found so many clues in her behavior, body language, tone and the questions she was asking me. I faced rejection but it was one of the best interviews. For the 1st time, I thought that I could correctly interpret the situation outside of making meaning out of words spoken. I had understood ahead of time that it was done, the rest was a nice study opportunity.
Telling Lies was a no brainer read for me due to Paul Ekman's absolutely crucial work in psychology. He shows that how an emotion surfaces on facial expressions, hand movements, tones, and how a lie catcher can read them. In the later part he shows some studies of polygraph and ethical issues on when to lie, when to catch a lie and when should a professional lie catcher be cautious. In the Appendix he gives an amazing summary of what to look for in case of each emotion, and 38 questions which a lie catcher should consider before confirming their opinion.
Lying is defined as concealing or falsification of information or emotion known by the lying person to be true. Micro-expressions, manipulators, illustrators, voice pitch and intensity were some of the major indicators that Paul focused on. He found that micro-expressions were common across all cultures throughout the world.
He elaborated on Othello's error and Brokaw Hazard, 2 mistakes which lie catchers can make. Duping delight, detection apprehension and deception guilt were the 3 important emotions that a lying subject would feel during it and understand them was elaborated.
In the chapter on polygraph, he explained a particularly important case which remains with me. In case of base rate of lying being low, a polygraph test will make many more disbelieving the truth mistakes than believing a lie ones and it'll be more unfair for everyone. Paul discussed many case studies in college campuses, on criminal field and some hybrid ones with data.
Lastly, he discussed some cases in politics and where it would've been justified to lie.
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Once again this book is a bit of a slog because the author's writing is pedantic and doesn't say a lot. I'm sure he means well and I'm glad he takes the time to think through the implications of his findings (and opinions), but I have a hard time reading what I've already easily inferred from the text, and many of the ideas are repeated.
Unlike
Emotions Revealed: Recognizing Faces and Feelings to Improve Communication and Emotional Life, this book is more philosophy than psychology. When Ekman wrote this, there wasn't a lot of scientific support for facial expressions, tone of voice, or a lie detector to detect deception. This means his main point is, "there isn't a sure way to detect deception from any of these methods", and writing a whole book about how each method isn't foolproof can be a bit wearing. In addition, the few positive results he gets are contained in the advice in
Spy the Lie: Three Former CIA Officers Reveal Their Secrets to Uncloaking Deception. My advice: read that book instead.
The last two or three chapters are actually updates to the book, and they do add valuable information (and increase my rating from 2 to 3). The updates are significant enough that the book probably needs to be rewritten, and it could be made much shorter by a good editor while they're at it. -
A maelstrom of original and ground-breaking information never seen before it was published some 30 years ago; by the man who "Lie to Me" was based upon. The first three chapters can be dry and redundant but they lay the foundation for what a lie is and what types there are. Chapter 4 gets into the meat of identification and can leave you exhausted after just a few pages; the 3 pages that describe a chosen 18 types of smiles, for example. And the long chapter on polygraphs (which I thought I'd end up merely flipping through) wound up being the most interesting section of the book, with much of it still relevant for today. The real-life historical examples (Hitler/Chamberlain, Watergate figures, murderers, and philanderers)used throughout work much better than the lies and liars he provides from literature (Updike, Shakespeare, and others). A later edition with actual photos of micro-expressions instead of the sparse pencil drawings contained in this edition will prove much more useful. A MUST-HAVE on the shelf of any sideline-psychologist.
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I do not like “beach reading” books. They tend to be too light (yes, I know that is the point) and empty for me. Nothing to remember. So I read this book on a beach weekend in Florida. There was a television show based on this Ekman and his science with my husband and I enjoyed. I kept reading passages from the book to my husband as he tried to read his own book (yes, the interruptions were an annoyance) which he also appreciated hearing as it inspired his programmer logic mind. Ekman’s company deals with cases that are easy to get caught up in. The science of telling and catching lies in others is fascinating. There is a lot that one can learn in reading facial expressions, body language, and “micro expressions”. Reminder in the book and in live is that there area also other, non-criminal or evil intent reasons that one has that do not guaranteed signs of discretion. This is not an exact science but does open up one’s mind to alternatives in motive and behavior. It is a way to start thinking in a more open manner to possibilities.
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Professor Ekman uses a vast and creative range of examples in this nevertheless dry guide to liar catching - from the Pope's meeting with Poland's General Jaruzelski, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat studying Mussolini's facial dexterity, Hitler's misleading Chamberlain, Woody Allen, courtroom figures from televised legal cases in the news, Desdemona's deceit in Shakespeare's Othello, Ruth the philandering wife in John Updike's Marry Me, to bona fide scientific research such as The Control Question Technique and various case studies. I'm embarrassed to admit to not having retained a bit of knowledge from this book. It was super difficult for me to even ascertain subtle differences between the photographed facial expressions provided. This book sat on my night stand for literally months; mostly I appreciate its sleep-inducing properties.
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Okay, to start off with, this book is a psychology book on how lies are physiologically expressed. Reading this book will give you an understanding on how emotions leak through when people attempt to hide them. It will not suddenly allow you to read the emotions of all the people all around you, nor will it magically turn you into a lead character of the show Lie to Me.
That said, this book is one of the foundation books on the topic. If you're not looking for some snake oil, and are generally interested in the topic of lying, this book comes highly recommended. -
While the subject matter was interesting, the book itself was too repetitive, and the material didn't have enough study to back it up. The other does acknowledge that fact, though. Also, I expected the book to be more prescriptive: I thought literally be better able to tell when someone is lying or hiding information after reading this book, but I don't think that's the case. It was not a bad book, but it could have been much better.
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This book was brilliant!! I especially appreciated the way that Ekman points out howm many reasons that you can't use this information at face value. Everything must be taken in context. I felt that the information was very credible because of this. I learned so much from reading this book.
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Цікава книга, де викладено багато повчальних історій та класних досліджень. Хоча деколи було багато однакової інформації викладено, але різними словами. 4, 5 та 12 розділи були для мене особливо цікавими.
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I found this book really interesting as it explored clues to deceit and the psychology involved in telling lies. I loved reading about the author's research experiments about lying.
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This book takes a great many words to say very little. Or, what feels like very little. (Maybe since I live in a low trust society as of this writing, these things are very obvious.)
Even 91 pages into the book, the author has only gone over three case studies (and not in any great detail). The first, the study of a woman who tried to lie to get out of a mental hospital in order to kill herself and the second of some nursing students who lied about watching some gory videos. The third was about a women who was subconsciously giving an interviewer the finger. Even speaking as someone who is on the lower end of the EQ distrubtion, I don't think that much of what was said here is something that has not been figured out by a person of average intelligence who has lived through his 20s. (For example, p. 92, when people are lying they are likely to "uh uh uh" and "ah ah ah." His description of this blindingly obvious fact went on for 3 paragraphs.)
He quotes Sigumd Freud (p. 88-89). In case you didn't think anyone paid attention to him anymore, there is at least one working psychologist who still pays attention to him.
What I just really don't get is: If there is "no clue to deceit that is reliable for all human beings" (p. 97), then what is the point of any of this science? How well does it work? Can we get some quantitative idea of the value of this?
"Lies in Public Life" was about 25 pages long-- even though that could have been much of the whole book and an abundance of case studies. It's interesting that he made an evaluation of who could have been telling the truth in the Hill/ Thomas scandal on the strength of nothing other than their testimony (when he mentioned John Dean as an example-- p. 95-- and stated that "No clue to deceit is reliable for all human beings"-- p. 97). It's also interesting that Ekman passes over tons of cases where public figures *really were* known to lie (Clinton/ Lewinsky. OJ Simpson.)--and the book *was* updated in 2009.
He drones on for 50 pages in the chapter on polygraph testing about the fact that it was unreliable because (1) the number of studies (as of the time of the publication) and (2) the nature of the technique does not lend it well to setting up controlled experiments. That could have been a 700 word article in the New York times. Instead, it got stretched out to a 50 page chapter.
This book could have been *much* better with many more example of lies that a person encounters in real life and then principles to illustrate them after the fact (rather than the way that it was done, with lots of general statements and then a few examples after the fact).
It's just barely worth a second hand purchase price. -
No es mucho lo que aprendí. No lo digo como pedante sábelo todo, sino por la sugerencia de que pudo haber sido un libro mucho más corto sin perder la esencia de lo que Ekman quería contarnos en este título.
Me atrevo a decir que, por lo reiterativo que es, pudiera haber prescindido de los capítulos 6 al 10 y no habría presentado ningún problema. Ésto porque la historia de EEUU no es algo que llame especialmente mi atención.
Este libro me hace pensar en que pareciera que los libros publicados como "ciencia pop" me resultan intolerables por la prosa irrespetuosa a la inteligencia de los lectores, como si éstos fueran un montón de dummies desmemoriados. Considero innecesario (paja total) reiterar en todos los capítulos los conceptos propuestos por el autor, y avisar todo el tiempo que "en el próximo capítulo" se tratará equis tema, o que cualquier cosa fue ya explicada en el capítulo 3 bajo el subtítulo de equis cosa y en la página 27. No me quieres decir de una vez que fue en el tercer párrafo y a mitad del renglón 4?
Simplemente, este tipo de prosa me convierten en un martirio la lectura que esté realizando. Y es mucho peor cuando es una lectura que tengo que realizar. No por mis clases, sino porque todo mundo las nombra como lecturas imprescindibles.
Yo no recomendaría la lectura de este libro. Y si lo tuviera que hacer, recomendaría complementar con otras lecturas relacionadas, y si me cayera muy bien la persona (jajaja) le diría cuáles capítulos leer y de cuáles pasar de largo, a menos que le interese o sea olvidadizo. -
Esto es un ensayo, no una “Guía para utilizar en el trabajo, la política y la pareja”. El título es completamente engañoso y sólo servirá para profesionales y estudiosos del tema. Para el resto de los mortales, será una fuente de conocimientos que nos dejarán como al principio, más inseguros de lo que ya estábamos al llegar a este tema.
No me entendáis mal. En ensayo es tremendo. Muy bien detallado, con multitud de ejemplos, con experimentos contrastados y un trabajo excepcional por parte de su autor. El libro se le tiene que juzgar por lo que es. Despierta el lado morboso del neófito que lo lee y seguro que afianza conocimientos al que ya se dedica a este tema.
Lo maravilloso es encontrar como la naturaleza humana es capaz de autoinculparse con sus propios medios, de forma subconsciente o premeditada, jugando un juego entre cazador y mentiroso. Pero para la mayoría de los lectores que llegarán a este libro (como yo) no sacaremos nada en claro, pués el contenido se basa en estadísticas, repetición de experimentos y analisis de los datos, cosa que en la realidad un persona sin experiencia no podrá utilizar para cazar al mentiroso o para encubrir sus mentiras.
Un tema muy interesante y unos ejemplos que están al nivel de lo que se quiere explicar, pero que no aportarán mucho al lector corriente, más allá de la morbosidad de los ejemplos y poner en práctica algo que está predestinado a fracasar.
Es un ensayo y debe tratarse como un buen trabajo. -
Even if you can learn some things reading this book, the truth is that the general idea is that, unless you have an innate skill, you will never be able to prove if someone is lying or not. In general terms, most of the people are not able to find out when someone is telling a lie with a probability superior to a 50%; that's the same as saying that the possibility of hitting is not higher than chance.
In the other hand, using a polygraph is not recommended in any case, because they are pretty imprecise and fallible, so it's not a good idea to take a decision based on the results of this mechanism.
I also think that Ekman presents the ideas of his book in such a way that seems as if he had never told a lie, making moral judgements about even the lightest lies. It seems as if you should have to be telling around all your life to everybody who ask you something, because, if not, you're committing concealment. And, if we talk about politics, the part in which he explains his own opinions about the USA presidents telling lies is pretty boring. -
First off I love Ekman and the concept of his work but way the book is written is just terrible: It's boring repetitious on certain point and soul sucking to get through. You can't even blame the use of scientific or psychological jargon because there was none. AS much as a wanted to continue I had to give up at page 177 (first time ever).
To be honest I am not comfortable filing it under 'read' because it was not technically finished but I did read quite a bit, so there it goes . I do have another one of his books that I will try in the hope that it will be easier to complete but I'm really disappointed because I genuinely like and am interested the subject. However, Ekman needs to work on his writing style.
