There are lies that are way hard to believe—evidently, too good to be true. But there are lies that we just find irresistible not to believe. If we are not careful enough, we can always be outsmarted by clever people who can suck all the benefits from you without you even knowing and noticing it. What’s worse is that you have figured it out when it is too late and you are left with all regrets. But what are the reasons why we buy lies? Let’s differentiate black from white as we uncover the dirty tactic lies we usually fall into.
#1: Paint a Picture.
Normally, through our own instinct, we can detect a lie by the use of our own senses. It may be either by visual on how a certain person moves or how he or she communicates that can usually be emphasized by the person’s eyes. But what makes us buy the lie is because of the picture. Take for example, you want to buy a cheap mobile phone and you have been searching high and low to find one. Although you want cheap ones, you are still more on quality. So you have seen a cheap phone with a picture on its side being advertised by one of your favorite public icons. Although it is not that sturdy, you bit the bait anyways because you have been lured by the advertiser. Get the picture?
#2: Say It Twice.
Persuading someone is hard—hard if what you want that person to believe is a fallacy. But people fall into this trap because first off, they don’t have enough concrete idea about the topic, and they just don’t know which side to take. One can be easily deceived by this second tactic: saying it twice. It’s like adding resolve to the lie. It can wash the doubt instantly as the victim, or the person being lied about, is being familiarized to the lie—thus, misleading them. That’s because people have the tendency to trust things that feel familiar. Case in point is when you are trying to buy a replacement part for your phone like a stylus. You have been torn between two stores. Have you noticed on how they keep repeating how good their products are? So they battle between how good they advertise the products.
#3: Make Some Sense.
Unless one is hyper vigilant and understanding, one can be mislead by the things that quite make some sense. This can be best exemplified by an alibi. An instance would be a crime scene. Of course, for the suspect to be discharged from the case he or she has been involved, he or she has to make an alibi that is believable so as to sound convincing to the people concerned. People then buys the alibi of the suspect as they have been convinced with the plot the suspect has concocted. But as it always has, there is no perfect crime.
We can lie as much as we want just as that we are sure enough the person we have been lying about wouldn’t know it. But then again, truth finds its way to be divulged so might as well don’t push your luck too much.
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#1: Paint a Picture.
Normally, through our own instinct, we can detect a lie by the use of our own senses. It may be either by visual on how a certain person moves or how he or she communicates that can usually be emphasized by the person’s eyes. But what makes us buy the lie is because of the picture. Take for example, you want to buy a cheap mobile phone and you have been searching high and low to find one. Although you want cheap ones, you are still more on quality. So you have seen a cheap phone with a picture on its side being advertised by one of your favorite public icons. Although it is not that sturdy, you bit the bait anyways because you have been lured by the advertiser. Get the picture?
#2: Say It Twice.
Persuading someone is hard—hard if what you want that person to believe is a fallacy. But people fall into this trap because first off, they don’t have enough concrete idea about the topic, and they just don’t know which side to take. One can be easily deceived by this second tactic: saying it twice. It’s like adding resolve to the lie. It can wash the doubt instantly as the victim, or the person being lied about, is being familiarized to the lie—thus, misleading them. That’s because people have the tendency to trust things that feel familiar. Case in point is when you are trying to buy a replacement part for your phone like a stylus. You have been torn between two stores. Have you noticed on how they keep repeating how good their products are? So they battle between how good they advertise the products.
#3: Make Some Sense.
Unless one is hyper vigilant and understanding, one can be mislead by the things that quite make some sense. This can be best exemplified by an alibi. An instance would be a crime scene. Of course, for the suspect to be discharged from the case he or she has been involved, he or she has to make an alibi that is believable so as to sound convincing to the people concerned. People then buys the alibi of the suspect as they have been convinced with the plot the suspect has concocted. But as it always has, there is no perfect crime.
We can lie as much as we want just as that we are sure enough the person we have been lying about wouldn’t know it. But then again, truth finds its way to be divulged so might as well don’t push your luck too much.
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The Truth in Lies
Everybody Lies
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