It is well known that people have a truth-bias. That is, people tend to believe what they hear, especially when dealing with an intimate partner (see, truth-bias).

New research reveals that when it comes to lying, a small percentage of people tell an outsized proportion of lies. The top 5% of liars are responsible for roughly 40% of the lies that are told.1

And the individuals who are more likely to lie are also more likely

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How do you sort the wheat from the chaff? Here’s a way of doing it.