A Conversation for Detecting Lies
Poker players
Spiff Started conversation Nov 13, 2001
Hi,
you suggest that the only group that knows how to lie is the group of people with aphasia.
I wondered if you might consider the position of the serious poker player. A great deal of the skill in high level poker lies in lying (
) successfully. How would such a professional liar hold up against a polygraph? I don't know.
Another, though related, aspect of poker, is 'reading' your opponents; ie, judging what they have according to their reactions. This is classic lie detecting, surely?
I just thought it was worth mentioning in this context.
Spiff
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