That's a nice write-up but I think that experienced and well prepared liars would be able to beat that.
The best way I've found to detect lies is that truth is 'internally consistent' and lies never are, all you need to do is to focus on any inconsistencies not matter how small and then to apply pressure on them, they'll fracture the story much like a crystal with a flaw in it.
Considering that 'truth' is really our best recollection of past events, why do you say that truth is internally consistent? I mean, maybe it is, but it's not a given.
Truth is grounded in verifiable facts. You can be mistaken about facts, so that's easy enough to fix. Liars can't change their story because once they do the whole thing starts coming down, they can only keep so much of the fabricated universe in their head.
That's mostly my interpretation of it, I've met only very few people that were lying outright during the course of many DDs but when they do that's how they all - so far, and of course there could be undetected ones that made it through somehow though I highly doubt that - fell down.
From what I've seen it is very hard to keep the story straight over the course of a couple of weeks if it isn't true.
> From what I've seen it is very hard to keep the story straight over the course of a couple of weeks if it isn't true.
Yes. I would add that it can be very hard to keep the story straight over the course of a couple weeks EVEN IF IT'S TRUE. That's what I was trying to say.
Sure but the teller then has no vested interest in keeping the facts and the story from deviating from each other whereas a liar does have that interest. So the liar can't 'fix' the story but the person that tries to be truthful has no problem.
The best way I've found to detect lies is that truth is 'internally consistent' and lies never are, all you need to do is to focus on any inconsistencies not matter how small and then to apply pressure on them, they'll fracture the story much like a crystal with a flaw in it.