Lying to ourselves is more deeply ingrained than lying to others.
Fear is just part of our DNA and our make-up. By definition, if we've had to be looked after for two years, it means we can't do it on our own and we need other people. That makes trust enormously important and it makes fear massive. Massive fear and trust issues really just defines us. The partner to belief is truth. If we're being fed lies, that's so powerful. And then, when we realize we're being lied to, it's going to make us really angry.
Whenever I read a book about a marriage, I always feel I'm being lied to.
Those who think it is permissible to tell white lies soon grow color-blind.
The Darwinian adaptive trait of our time is the ability to figure out when we are being lied to on television.
The worse part of being lied to is when you realize you believed it.
The American public is sick and tired of being lied to.
Sometimes my dad even gets on this kick--'You hate this country'....I have to tell him...I just hate being lied to.
To be young and aware is to know you’re being lied to; to know that a bright green future is possible; to know that we can reimagine the world, rebuild our cities, redesign our lives, retool our factories, distribute innovation and creativity and all live in a world that is not only better than the alternative, but much better than the world we have now.
The thing about education - and why I'm so passionate about the position and status of the university - is that it's supposed to teach citizens how to think better, how to think critically, how to tell truth from falsehood, how to make a judgment about when they're being lied to and duped and when they're not, how to evaluate scientific teaching. Losing that training of citizens is an extremely dangerous road to go down.
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