Why Humans Evolved to Be Extraordinary Liars
And why those who can detect lies are considered “truth wizards”
8 min readMar 11, 2022
There are many misconceptions about the phenomenon of lying.
The first, and biggest, misconception is that lying is a purely learned behavior. It’s not. Humans learn to lie long before they learn how to talk. We simply get better at lying (or not lying) as…