One of my goals in writing these blogs is to dispel fact from fiction and to point out some inconsistencies of how things occur on the show vs how they should occur in real life situations. Of course the show is dramatized but it is important and crucial to understand how the lie detection process…
Read MoreLie to Me Season 2 Episode 9 “Fold Equity” Comments
This week’s episode involved gambling. We get asked all the time about the possibility of training poker players, and I think that learning to read micro and subtle expressions of emotion, and other nonverbal behaviors, would be a great skill to add to any poker player’s skill set. That having been said, however, I also…
Read MoreLie to Me Season 2 Episode 8 “Secret Santa” Comments
With Cal Lightman in Afghanistan, it’s a great time to think about the science, and what has been validated scientifically and not. In reality, did you know that while there is a lot of data demonstrating the universality of facial expressions of emotion, there is no study published yet (at least that I know of)…
Read MoreLie to Me Season 2 Episode 7 “Black Friday” Comments
In addition to how I abhor the bastardization of the science, I think I figured out another reason why this show has been viscerally difficult for me. Has anyone ever noticed how the Lightman Group is not really a group of scientists who aid law enforcement, but is a private group of individuals who take…
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