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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 9 Jul 2017

    Everybody lies: excerpt from Seth Stephens-Davidowitz's brilliant new book. (I wrote a foreword).https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jul/09/everybody-lies-how-google-reveals-darkest-secrets-seth-stephens-davidowitz?CMP=share_btn_tw …

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      2. Seth Stephens-Davidowitz‏ @SethS_D 9 Jul 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Thanks Steve!

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      3. Alex T. Philp‏ @AlexanderPhilp 9 Jul 2017
        Replying to @SethS_D @sapinker

        I just finished your book, couldn't put it down. Great job Seth!

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      1.  🇨🇦 Paul Spiers‏ @piloth20 9 Jul 2017
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        When I knowingly lie, I feel guilty and it lessens my self esteem temporarily.

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      1. Dennis‏ @DenOfSix 9 Jul 2017
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        Can communication even happen without lying? Is it by definition so subtle that lying is part of language. Can we lie and not know it?

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      1. Teodoro Marañón‏ @TeoMaranon 10 Jul 2017
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        Is that true?

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      1. karl daggfeldt‏ @kdaggfeldt 10 Jul 2017
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        Interesting data. But it seems easy to use it to fortify the specific lies you like to believe.

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      1. Binagwaho Gakunju‏ @BGakunju 9 Jul 2017
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        cc. @dazuck This book looks like a must read... The part on parents and their Google searches on their kids is wowzers...

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      1. Sharoona Kawiza‏ @SilenceDooGoodz 9 Jul 2017
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        I already knew it since 6th grade !

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      2. Abu Ali Sina‏ @Abu_Ali_Sina 9 Jul 2017
        Replying to @sapinker

        Interesting read indeed! Sleek new term also: #Digital_truth_serum

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      3. Abu Ali Sina‏ @Abu_Ali_Sina 9 Jul 2017
        Replying to @Abu_Ali_Sina @sapinker

        #Digital_truth_serumpic.twitter.com/uMDLeTRkej

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      1. Jorge Lizama León‏ @JorgeLizamaLeon 9 Jul 2017
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        I think it's true that everybody lies, but each person has his own degree or amount of lying, from a lot to not so much or very little.

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      1. Joe McDermott‏ @bdamages 9 Jul 2017
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        Would love to see what a non-leftist made of the same data.

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      1. Michael Barlev‏ @michael_barlev 9 Jul 2017
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        Great data, slightly overstated? e.g. @danariely downregulation of precations /w sex. arousal doesn't mean non-arousal preferences less real

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      1. Toby‏ @tobiajansen 9 Jul 2017
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        In order to protect the truth says W.Churchill.

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