also intuitively recognize the value and importance inherent in a well-told lie. In other words, people simply learn how to lie better as they get older, or at least the good ones do, and it is safe to assume that anyone who has ever drawn as breath has also exhaled one as a lie at some point in his or her life. According to Ford (1996), "Lies are a ubiquitous phenomenon. Much of our psychic energy is spent sorting out the d
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