Born Liars!!!

From childhood we are taught that lying is a bad thing, a sin. Then all of a sudden, we all seem to master the ability to lie as we grow up. Some defend this by preaching us that lying is always not bad if its for some one’s good. Anyways, not going into the controversy of ethical dilemma, let me tell you why I am talking about lying.

Science has proven that human beings are born liars. What I mean by this is that they don’t have to be taught to lie and they do not necessarily learn it from others. Its conditioned into their genetic model. You can call it a subconscious reflex which eventually with practice turns into a conscious action.

An experiment involving several children who had just started speaking, was conducted to test whether lying comes naturally or is conditioned by the environment in which one lives. Children were left in a room with a hidden camera and a birthday cake on a table and asked not to eat the cake until the adults arrive. On observation it was seen that a few minutes later the children started eating the cake and behaving like children do (Messy and cute with food they like). When they were asked later, who ate the cake?, they said that they did not know and denied eating the cake.

A simple experiment that proved that we are born liars and that lying is not something that we learn as we grow up. I guess the ones who master this art as they grow up, turn out to become great lawyers and politicians (pun intended).

Posted by Rahul Gosain