A Collective Art Project About Lies - Send Us Your Fib Today
A recent interview with Quote Investigator Garson O’Toole (that’s a pen name) on NPR reveals that many of the quotes we use are wrong or wrongly attributed.
For instance President Abraham Lincoln is wrongly credited for having said, “In the … Read more
Psychologists have long studied the causes and characteristics of deception. In recent times they have had a huge pool of talented liars from which to draw — bankers, mortgage lenders, Enron executives, borrowers, and of course politicians. Now, researchers have … Read more
A recent paper filed with the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) shows that we are more likely to be honest if we sign a form before, rather than after, completing it. So, over the coming years look … Read more
We humans are ancient and sophisticated liars. We probably learned to lie just five seconds after learning to communicate. In fact, the first human utterance was probably a fib about the location of some great food or a mate’s poor … Read more
F for Fake (French: Vérités et mensonges, “Truths and lies”) is the last major film completed by Orson Welles, who directed, co-wrote, and starred in the film. Initially released in 1974, it focuses on Elmyr de Hory’s recounting of his … Read more