How to know if someone is lying...It is simple, ....

[Stuart G]

Something happens, and we want an account of someone involved in that something. And, that something is very important. You can fill in the blanks as to what that is...3 people see this event or are involved. So detectives are assigned to interview the 3 people. As the detectives interview, (and these are experienced, honest, and dedicated officers) they notice something peculiar..... Two of the 3, lets call them A and B, retell the "something" quite clearly and appear to be honest. When different detectives interview A and B again, and again, A and B's story stay the same. Although A and B do not know each other, they both have the same interpretation of the "something" and the same view of what they saw even though their views were from different perspectives and viewing stations

...C on the other hand is different. When C tells about the "something"..he is inconsistent. One time C talks about this, and the next time C talks about that. The detectives are surprised that C has so many different views of the event that A and B say is what it was. C seems to change his mind so much that we do not know what is real and what is not real. Even though the event, from the detectives view, was reasonably simple and easy to see and understand. A and B have no problems with "something" but C really does have a problem with relating "something" consistently. C it seems cannot get it together...and further, C has a very big stake in a certain view and outcome of.."something" C has a profit motive and needs to get a certain result from his interviews but he is still "inconsistent"...C seems to be "unreliable"..the detectives conclude. Keep in mind the detectives have interviewed hundreds of people like A B and C. And these detectives are the best and most honest that there are.. They have many years of experience in these kind of interviews of people like A B and C.

So, who do you think is telling a lie, and who is telling the truth? A ..B... or ..C

[underpants]

1. If you tell the truth you never have to remember what you said

- Mark Twain

C
Repeated questioning is tried and true way of telling if someone is lying

[Stuart G]

5. That One Sentence...headline...tells the truth more than anything...

Mark Twain said it in one sentence...simple and clear..like A and B...Now here is another question of interest about "something"..

Trump Jr. .....Is he A..B...or C..? You be the judge and jury.

. and.....a very famous character from the movies said it..."That's all folks" and from what I can tell that is the truth........Thank You for your service as judge and jury....

[cyclonefence]

2. It's even simpler than that

Ask yourself, "Who benefits?" Cui bono, as my Irish grandfather used to say.

[Bleacher Creature]

3. I'll go one step farther.

Ask them their last name.

If it's "Trump'" they're a liar.

[cyclonefence]

4. Nailed it

[Stuart G]

6. It does seem that a certain last name..does have a history of telling lies...

And it is not just one lie,, there are many lies, and that has been proven many times.

[Bleacher Creature]

9. And not just big lies. Stupid crap as well.

The term "pathological liar" is a bit overused, but not in this case.

[Stuart G]

11. And there have been other liars in high places.. One liar once said, "I am not a crook" but,

people remember that liar as an unindicted .."crook"

Then after that liar quit his job, ... someone pardoned that crook.....and the crook went off to live his life in a private and quiet way. At that point, that liar had learned to........."STFU"

[FakeNoose]

7. Not necessarily

A truthful person will tell the truth, whether it benefits himself nor not.

A liar will only tell the truth if it benefits him, otherwise he'll lie because it benefits him.

So you can't assume the person is lying just because it benefits himself. A really sneaky liar tells a quasi-truth that sounds good but has a twist (lie built in) that's really to his advantage. What would you call the Trump family? A bunch of sneaky liars.

[Girard442]

8. Interrogators also know that if you let someone run their mouths they'll give themselves away.

Don Jr. is now the poster child for this notion.

[Stuart G]

10. Yes....Don Jr..has run his mouth..He doesn't know how to .."STFU.".

Neither does his very rich..(how rich? no one knows,, too many lies)...father..