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TIL that famous researcher of behavioral economics Den Ariely cheated scientific community with fake reserach about honesty and lies. His study claimed that signing an honesty declaration before a test or interview would reduce lying. Recently it turned out that he faked all the data
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But he didn’t sign an honesty declaration before publishing the study, so it’s fine!
Promising honesty by vow isn’t reliable. Just ask any divorce lawyer
If someone told you they were a world-famous researcher into crocodile wrestling, you’d assume they wrestled crocodiles a lot.
So when someone tells you they’re a researcher of lying…