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Comment author: [deleted] 15 October 2013 12:23:21PM 0 points [-]

You could lie about your reasons, but human beings are not perfect deceivers.

Now that I think about it (after the zillionth time I've heard that)... Why couldn't humans just evolve to be better deceivers?

Comment author: nshepperd 15 October 2013 01:25:48PM 3 points [-]

I imagine humans would evolve at the same time to be better deception detectors. Maybe the two sides of this arms race cancel out. And perhaps there are diminishing returns to being a good liar, if people would distrust good liars generally.