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“Wide-faced men are going to lie and cheat”

“Wide-faced men are going to lie and cheat” | Science News | Scoop.it

We’ve read about aggressive men with thick necks and wide faces. We often suspect them of being violent thugs. Some, more charitably, might opine they are simply more confident and assertive. Or maybe weight-lifters. New research says they are also likely liars and cheaters. Seriously?

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Liars and Outliers

Liars and Outliers | Science News | Scoop.it
Society runs on trust and would collapse without it. The interconnectedness of the modern world creates new and dangerous risks to trust.
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You're So Predictable. Daniel Kahneman and the Science of Human Fallibility

You're So Predictable. Daniel Kahneman and the Science of Human Fallibility | Science News | Scoop.it

As a researcher and theorist Kahneman has dedicated his life to exposing the illusions that color all human judgment, including his own. In a sense, he and his colleagues have been at war for decades with our tendency to lie to ourselves. And judging from his own clear-eyed account of his work, his “adversarial collaboration” model for bridging fierce disagreements in the sciences, and the profound influence his work has exerted on how psychologists and economists think about decision-making, Kahneman is winning.

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