pjeby comments on Trivers on Self-Deception - LessWrong

33 Post author: Yvain 12 July 2011 09:04PM

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Comment author: pjeby 12 July 2011 10:39:09PM 2 points [-]

I'm fairly sure I've read that Ekman's Truth Wizards are more likely to come from a background of childhood domestic violence

I don't know if if that's true or in print, but I do remember it being mentioned on Lie To Me, in the context of Torres' background. But at least one Truth Wizard believes it's bunk, and I couldn't find anything on Ekman's blog about the subject one way or another.

Comment author: sixes_and_sevens 12 July 2011 10:56:37PM 0 points [-]

See, I haven't actually seen that much of the show, and I've definitely not seen that storyline. I still can't seem to find anything to substantiate it, though, so provisionally chalking it down as spurious bullcrap seems safe.