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Study Shows People In Power Make Better Liars
oDDmON oUT writes "MSNBC is reporting that a Columbia Business School study shows those who hold power over others make better liars. According to one of the study's coauthors, 'It just doesn't hurt them as much to do it.' For the average liar, she said, the act of lying elicits negative emotions, physiological stress and the fear of getting caught in a lie. As a result, she added, liars will often send out cues that they are lying by doing things like fidgeting in a chair or changing the rate of their speech. But for the powerful, the impact is very different: 'Power, it seems, enhances the same emotional, cognitive, and physiological systems that lie-telling depletes. People with power enjoy positive emotions, increases in cognitive function, and physiological resilience such as lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol. Thus, holding power over others might make it easier for people to tell lies.'"
Obama certainly fucked you yanks good. Serves you bitches right.
I really think this should become more of a slashdot meme. People could really learn from it.
People who are better liars tend to rise to power more often than people who aren't. We have already identified that most people in power are also sociopaths. What the summary would seem to be saying is that people who are placed in power develop comfort telling lies. If there is a causation, it's that better liars end up in power more often than those who aren't.