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  2. AN HONEST LIAR is a film about deception, told through Randi’s life and acts using never-before-seen historical footage and many of the original people involved. The film also follows Randi and his partner through this latest dramatic – and potentially devastating – twist in their lives.

    • We’Re All Liars
    • ‘Normal’ Liars vs. ‘Prolific’ Liars
    • Police Have An Eye For Thieves
    • Familiarity Effects on Lie Detection
    • People Prefer to Lie For Their Teams
    • Lying in Email vs Pen and Paper
    • Memories of Liars
    • Bilingual Lying
    • Liars Struggle to Answer Why Questions

    While you might like to think you’re an honest person, statistically speaking you too are a liar.Researchersestimate the average person lies a minimum of once to twice per day. If you don’t believe me, ask yourself these questions: 1. Do you ever give people compliments that aren’t completely genuine? 2. Have you told someone you were doing well wh...

    The good news? Most people are honest. Recent research shows that the majority of lies are told by the same, small group of people known as “prolific liars.” In the study Variance in the Prevalence of Lying, researchers created a statistical model for distinguishing prolific liars from the everyday or ‘normal’ liar. Here’s how you can try spotting ...

    One would hope that police officers, because they spend much of their time trying to separate the guilty from the innocent, would be good at lie detection. Unfortunately, studies have found that most officers are no better at identifying lies than the average person. However, they do excel at one aspect of lie detection: spotting dishonest people i...

    Can you spot lies better in situations in which you’re more familiar? The research says yes. In this study, a team of psychologists conducted four experiments revealing that situational familiarity leads to more accurate judgments regarding truth and deception. People who weren’t as familiar with their situations couldn’t distinguish lies from trut...

    Studies have found that people are more willing to lie to receive incentives that benefit their entire team rather than incentives that are just for themselves. For example, employees are more likely to lie to their boss about the progress of a project when doing so prevents their entire team from getting in trouble rather than just themselves. Res...

    The frequency of lying does change based on the medium, but can it change within the same one? Researchershave found that people are more likely to lie when using email versus pen and paper. This is wild! Both are the same in terms of “media richness,” meaning both forms are text only. Yet, people lie more, reveal less information, and feel more ju...

    For the majority of people, lying about an event increased their certainty that the event in question did not happen when asked about it later. However, 10-16 percent of the participants appeared to have had their memories altered by their lies because they reported believing their lies were actually true. Researchersbelieve that in those cases tel...

    If you think it’s hard lying in your native tongue, try lying in a second language. Researchers have found that people show a greater stress response when lying in a second language because it is already more challenging to speak the second language, and lying increases the cognitive stress. In one specific study, results suggest that two main fact...

    If you suspect someone might be lying to you but aren’t sure, an easy way to find out is to ask them “Why?” questions. It is much more difficult for people to lie about why they did something or why something happened than it is for them to lie about basic facts. If someone struggles to explain their intentions, it’s a major red flagthat they are l...

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  3. May 20, 2015 · A master deceiver who came out of the closet at the age of 81, Randi created fictional characters, fake psychics, and even turned his partner of 25 years, the artist Jose Alvarez, into a sham guru named Carlos.

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  4. Apr 18, 2014 · An Honest Liar chronicles the life story of James Randi, a celebrated magician, escape artist, and skeptic. With a profound career on American television and stage, he has delighted several generations with his incredible escape acts from seemingly impossible traps.

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  5. The incredible true story of the renowned magician turned skeptic and exposer of frauds and hoaxes, James "The Amazing" Randi.

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  6. AN HONEST LIAR is a feature documentary about the world-famous magician, escape artist, and world-renowned enemy of deception, James ‘The Amazing’ Randi. The film brings to life Randi’s intricate investigations that publicly exposed psychics, faith healers, and con-artists with quasi-religious fervor.