Mind & EverydayFact

People spot lies 54 percent of the time. A coin flip gets 50.

In 2006 Bond and DePaulo pooled some 206 studies with 24,483 judges. On average they were right 54 percent of the time. They identified truths at 61 percent but lies at only 47 – most people default to assuming honesty.

Useful: Distrust anyone who says "I can always tell when someone's lying" – including yourself.

Source: doi.org

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