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Deception is identified by observing shifts from an individual's personal baseline rather than relying on universal body language cues.
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Detecting deception is a difficult process involving observation and understanding human behavior rather than using simple, universal tricks.
“There's no easy way to read people. It's work. It's studying the person, understanding human behavior, knowing that person, paying attention to their mannerisms.”
Lewis Howes · Nov 2025 · 6 episodes · 15.7M views on this topicOne cannot accurately detect lies through eye movements or microexpressions without first establishing a baseline for the individual.
“The truth is you don't know if someone is lying to you until you have had enough time with the person to establish what's known as a baseline.”
The Diary of a CEO · Mar 2024 · 1 episode · 14.3M views on this topicDeception detection should focus on identifying changes in a person's behavior rather than relying on assumed indicators like specific body language.
“You should look at body language because it it it it is a language in terms of what somebody is is showing you, you look at body language and if you see something that is a change, just like the cross in your arms, then you need to be curious about it.”
The Diary of a CEO · Dec 2025 · 1 episode · 1.8M views on this topicThere is no single universal indicator of lying, but one can identify deception by observing changes in an individual's specific patterns compared to when they are telling the truth.
“Anyone who tells you they know how anybody lies is a liar. But, what you can do is observe someone, and based against themselves, you can see the pattern of lies.”
Dr. Mayim Bialik · Oct 2025 · 1 episode · 140K views on this topicPolygraph machines are fundamentally flawed and cannot consistently distinguish between truthful statements and deception.
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Nicki maintains she was pregnant in 2013 and had an abortion despite the polygraph test showing her answers were deceptive.
“I am not going to say that I didn't do something that I did.”
Dr. Phil · Mar 2026 · 1 episode · 499K views on this topicKenneth Jones claims that polygraph machines are not reliable because they cannot accurately determine the truth.
“I'm pretty sure like I said before this thing's not going to draw a picture of it it's not going to draw a picture of what happen”
EXPLORE WITH US · Dec 2023 · 0 episodes · 0 views on this topicPositions are extracted from transcripts by a model and may misattribute who said what. Every quote links to the episode it came from.
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