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swanlinbar, Trump’s Lies vs. Your Brain
Unfortunately, it’s no contest. Here’s what psychology tells us about life under a leader totally indifferent to the truth.
By MARIA KONNIKOVA
January/February 2017
Illustration by Paul Ryding
All presidents lie. Richard Nixon said he was not a crook, yet he orchestrated the most shamelessly crooked act in the modern presidency. Ronald Reagan said he wasn’t aware of the Iran-Contra deal; there’s evidence he was. Bill Clinton said he did not have sex with that woman; he did, or close enough. Lying in politics transcends political party and era. It is, in some ways, an inherent part of the profession of politicking.
But Donald Trump is in a different category. The sheer frequency, spontaneity and seeming irrelevance of his lies have no precedent. Nixon, Reagan and Clinton were protecting their reputations; Trump seems to lie for the pure joy of it. A whopping 70 percent .. http://www.politifact.com/personalities/donald-trump/ .. of Trump’s statements that PolitiFact checked during the campaign were false, while only 4 percent were completely true, and 11 percent mostly true. (Compare that to the politician Trump dubbed “crooked,” Hillary Clinton: Just 26 percent .. http://www.politifact.com/personalities/hillary-clinton/ .. of her statements were deemed false.)
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/01/donald-trump-lies-liar-effect-brain-214658
.. posted first on April 12 2017 .. https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=136640226
Your image is well worth fresh air
Unfortunately, it’s no contest. Here’s what psychology tells us about life under a leader totally indifferent to the truth.
By MARIA KONNIKOVA
January/February 2017
Illustration by Paul Ryding
All presidents lie. Richard Nixon said he was not a crook, yet he orchestrated the most shamelessly crooked act in the modern presidency. Ronald Reagan said he wasn’t aware of the Iran-Contra deal; there’s evidence he was. Bill Clinton said he did not have sex with that woman; he did, or close enough. Lying in politics transcends political party and era. It is, in some ways, an inherent part of the profession of politicking.
But Donald Trump is in a different category. The sheer frequency, spontaneity and seeming irrelevance of his lies have no precedent. Nixon, Reagan and Clinton were protecting their reputations; Trump seems to lie for the pure joy of it. A whopping 70 percent .. http://www.politifact.com/personalities/donald-trump/ .. of Trump’s statements that PolitiFact checked during the campaign were false, while only 4 percent were completely true, and 11 percent mostly true. (Compare that to the politician Trump dubbed “crooked,” Hillary Clinton: Just 26 percent .. http://www.politifact.com/personalities/hillary-clinton/ .. of her statements were deemed false.)
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/01/donald-trump-lies-liar-effect-brain-214658
.. posted first on April 12 2017 .. https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=136640226
Your image is well worth fresh air
It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”
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