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…
Read MoreLie to Me Season 2 Episode 6 “Lack of Candor” Comments
So the last few weeks I have written about how I hate the bastardization of the science in the show, the arrogance of Cal Lightman and the implausibility of what happens. I have decided to stop ranting about the show in this blog and just talk about how cool the actual science is in real…
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